Excerpt from "The Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines: Pioneer Statesman of Alabama and Mississippi, 1805-1843," edited by James P. Pate.
This passage includes an excerpt from the editor's introduction, which discusses the cession of Choctaw lands east of the Tombigbee River to the United States in October 1816. It also mentions the settlement of French exiles at Demopolis in 1817.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1814 |