When was it published?

March 9, 1819 in Elizabeth Town Gazette

Domestic News March 9, 1819

Elizabeth Town Gazette

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President, Editors Of The Intelligencer

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Spanish Treaty, Florida Cession, Congress Ratification, Union Admission

Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey

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President transmitted copy of Spanish Treaty to House of Representatives, suggesting laws for immediate implementation if ratified before next Congress session. Treaty unpublished until Spanish ratification; includes respecting pre-1818 grants, ceding Florida-adjacent islands, and equal Union admission.

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The President, on Saturday, transmitted a copy of the late Spanish Treaty to the House of Representatives, with a suggestion as to the propriety of passing the laws necessary to carry it into immediate effect, in case the ratification be exchanged before the next session of Congress. The Treaty is not to be published until it shall have been ratified by the Spanish Government. The Editors of the Intelligencer remark, that the summary they gave, (which was copied into our paper,) "appears to have been pretty correct, with the following additions;

"All grants made by Spain, in the ceded territory, anterior to the 1st day of January, 1818, are to be respected.

"The islands adjacent to Florida are ceded with the territory.

"It is stipulated that the territory, having the necessary requisites, be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states."

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Politics

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Spanish Treaty Florida Cession Congress Ratification Union Admission

What entities or persons were involved?

President Editors Of The Intelligencer

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On Saturday

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President Editors Of The Intelligencer

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The President transmitted a copy of the late Spanish Treaty to the House of Representatives, suggesting passage of laws necessary to carry it into immediate effect if ratification is exchanged before the next session of Congress. The Treaty is not to be published until ratified by the Spanish Government. The summary given by the Editors of the Intelligencer appears pretty correct, with additions: all grants made by Spain in the ceded territory anterior to January 1, 1818, are to be respected; the islands adjacent to Florida are ceded with the territory; it is stipulated that the territory, having the necessary requisites, be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states.