United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Gayoso de Lemos, Manuel, 1747-17991792-08-29Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, Governor of the Natchez District, Governor of Louisiana and West Florida (1797-1799), writes to Georgia Governor Edward Telfair (1786-1787, 1790-1793) on August 28, 1792 in response to a communication from Telfair and to soothe tensions between the Spanish government and the United States. Assuring Telfair of Spain's good will toward the United States, Gayoso de Lemos claims that misunderstandings caused by self-interested renegades, not the actions of his government, have soured relations between the two powers. He promises Telfair that it is not the policy of Spain to induce United States subjects to emigrate, and the Spanish governorship never condoned the distribution of publications promoting emigration to Spanish territory. On the subject of neighboring Indian nations, Gayoso de Lemos expresses his concern over possible disputes. He says that it is in the best interests of both Spain and the U.S. to keep peace with the Indians with whom they have ties and not to interfere with Indians aligned with another nation. Explaining that the Creeks, Choctaws and Chickasaws have historically allied themselves with Floridian powers, receiving gifts and trade goods from Spain at present, Gayoso de Lemos asks that Georgia refrain from sending traders into these communities and spreading mistrust among the people.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc733engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 03, folder 27, document 02.Five Civilized Tribes--Government relationsUnited States--Foreign relations--1789-1797Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1784-1821Letter, 1792 Aug. 28, Natches [i.e., Natchez District] to Edw[ar]d Telfair, Gov[ernor of Georgia] / Manuel Gayoso de LemosText