Natchez Timeline

1.27.1781New OrleansDaniel Clark acts as agent for Oliver Pollock.
6.20.1782NatchezThomas Green is expelled from Natchez.
2.7.1785SavannahThomas Green and others sign an act for the creation of Bourbon County.
7.18.1785NatchezEsteban Miro writes Spanish authorities, reporting that American forces, led by Thomas Green, had demanded the surrender of Natchez.
3.27.1786Chickasaw NationWilliam Davenport writes to GA governor Edward Telfair about the distressed situation of the inhabitants of Natchez with respect to their property and debts owed to the Spanish government.
4.26.1786MexicoDiego Gardoqui informs the Spanish government about actions taken by citizens of Georgia who traveled to Louisiana to claim the territory of Natchez.
Summer 1786United StatesDiego de Gardoqui and John Jay agree on a treaty between Spain and the U.S. in which the U.S. would receive a commercial treaty from Spain in exchange for giving up its claim to free navigation of the MS River. Treaty was never ratified by Congress.
8.7.1788United StatesJames Wilkinson, Isaac B. Dunn, and Daniel Clark enter into a business partnership regarding trade between New Orleans and Kentucky.
9.5.1789New OrleansPhilip Nolan, acting as agent for James Wilkinson, was approached by Daniel Clark Jr., attorney for Clark & Rees, to review an account settled on September 5, 1789, between Clark & Rees and James Wilkinson.
10.14.1789New OrleansDaniel Clark, acting as attorney for Oliver Pollock in New Orleans, paid a sum of money on Pollock’s behalf to Poutant Beauregard.
4.22.1790New OrleansDaniel Clark is summoned to court to testify under oath his financial dealings with James Wilkinson.
10.3.1790LouisianaEsteban Miro, governor of LA, writes Thomas Washington, William Clay Snipes, James Wilkinson, John Cape, Alexander Moultrie and John Holder regarding his concerns about the Yazoo Act.
8.28.1792NatchezManuel Gayoso writes GA governor Edward Telfair regarding Native and settler disputes.
1795NatchezThomas Pinckney collaborates with representatives of Spain to formally agree on and sign a treaty ensuring lasting peace and sincere friendship between Spain and the United States.
1.22.1796New OrleansJames Wilkinson writes Governor Manuel Gayoso, mentioning a cipher letter and deflecting Anthony Wayne’s character accusations.
6.2.1797United StatesGeneral Wilkinson writes the Secretary of War regarding the Spanish not leaving the Natchez fort in a timely manner.
3.30.1798New OrleansJames Wilkinson writes Manuel Gayoso, delivered by Constant Freeman: The Commandant of New Madrid filed a protest against Isaac Guion for passing troops through New Madrid. The British have made claims to navigate the Mississippi. Wilkinson expects Spain to withdraw from Natchez.