Emissaries, of the Republic of France, and the Kingdom of Spain sign the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso, ceding the Spanish enclave of Louisiana (the western watershed of the Mississippi River) back to France.
[restored 11/7/2021]
Subsequent Events:
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 57.
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