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Trade, diplomacy and war along the waters: The Mississippi during the American revolution

Papsdorf, Daniel A. (Wichita State University, 2010-05)

In early 1779 Father Pierre Gibault, a supporter of the American cause, found himself hiding on an island in the Mississippi River. Both ice and the lack of a formal alliance between Spain and the United States blocked ...