Trade, diplomacy and war along the waters: The Mississippi during the American revolution
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 his path to the Spanish west bank, while a British military expedition prevented...
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Wichita State University
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3321 |