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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04058 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1829 |
| Title | Martin van Buren to Francisco Pacon regarding land grants in Florida |
| Date | 15 April 1829 |
| Author | Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) |
| Recipient | Pacon, Francisco |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Van Buren as Secretary of State. Acknowledges Pacon's letter of 11 April 1829 which provided "a List of all the Grants of Land, purporting to have been made in the Floridas, by the Government of His Catholic Majesty." This diplomatic letter deals with the messy entanglements and complications of territorial land issues between the United States and Spain in Florida. Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819, but the transition was messy because the King of Spain always exercised the right of granting lands to whomever he pleased. The American plan was to sell the land in Florida to pay for the voiding of the Spanish grants, and this list was part of the process to work out those sales. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Land Transaction Boundary or Property Dispute |
| People | Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The Presidency; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |