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==Jackson jails Callava== | ==Jackson jails Callava== | ||
===Dispute over documents=== | ===Dispute over documents=== | ||
− | + | Shortly after the transfer of power, a descendant of [[Nicholas Vidal]] appeared before [[Wikipedia:Henry Marie Brackenridge|Henry M. Brackenridge]], whom Jackson had appointed ''alcalde'' (a sort of magistrate and administrator) regarding land bequeathed by Vidal to her family but occupied by Forbes & Company (the successor to [[Panton, Leslie and Company]]). She went on to say that Spanish governors had ruled that the land be returned to the Vidal family, but would not enforce the ruling. Pleading for Brackenridge's help, she stated that documents relevant to the situation were in the custody of Lieutenant Domingo Sousa, an aide to Colonel Callava, and that the documents were intended to be carried away to Havana. According to the woman, Sousa would allow the documents to be copied; however, the Vidal family was unable to afford the expense of having copied the several hundred pages. Under the [[Wikipedia:Adams-Onís Treaty|Adams-Onís Treaty]], such documents were to be surrendered to the United States; thus Brackenridge set out to retrieve them.<ref>Parton, [http://books.google.com/books?id=bGYFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=toc#PPA618,M1 p. 618].</ref> | |
Brackenridge involved Jackson, whom issued an order, dated [[August 21]], to Brackenridge, as well as to George Walton, Secretary of the Florida Territory, and [[John Miller]], [[Clerk of the County Court]]. The order read: | Brackenridge involved Jackson, whom issued an order, dated [[August 21]], to Brackenridge, as well as to George Walton, Secretary of the Florida Territory, and [[John Miller]], [[Clerk of the County Court]]. The order read: |