to John Quincy Adams, 10 December 1815

to John Quincy Adams, 10 December 1815

has received reports that the Spanish government has ceded the Floridas and Louisiana to Great Britain; questions Great Britain's motives in sending a large armed expedition there; fears that the British plan to establish a post in East Florida; instructs Adams to bring this subject before the British ministry to establish the validity of the report; instructs him to begin negotiations for purchase of Florida if it has been ceded; affairs in South America; instructs Adams to ascertain the sentiments of the British government toward the South American provinces; James Madison has decided to receive Luis de Onis as minister from Spain

1815-12-10

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