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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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Governor Holmes of the Mississippi Territory delivered a speech to the territorial legislature at Natchez on November 8, praising prosperity and improvements, and highlighting patriotic response to orders for military force readiness related to Gov. Claiborne's intended occupation of Florida.
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"Circumstances having made it my duty to have a respectable force in readiness for immediate and active service, the requisite orders were issued for that purpose, on the first of last month, and it is with singular satisfaction I can inform you that a spirit of patriotism was evinced on the occasion which became freemen, the defenders of their own rights and the protectors of their own liberties."
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Natchez
Event Date
November 8
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spirit of patriotism evinced in response to military orders.
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Governor Holmes delivered a speech to the territorial legislature praising prosperity and improvement, and noted orders issued on the first of last month for a respectable force in readiness for service connected to the intended occupation of Florida by Gov. Claiborne.