Excerpt from Official Correspondence Between Don Luis De Onis, Minister From Spain to the United States of America, and John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State: In Relation to the Floridas and the Boundaries of Louisiana, With Other Matters in Dispute Between the Two Governments By informing the authorities of the King, in East Florida, thereof, those discontents may be avoided, to which an erroneous conception may give rise, and all unfortunate impressions dissipated, which might disturb the lively and sincere desire of conciliation and perfect harmony which actuates his Catholic Majesty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.