[205] Quoted in Alden: "The State of Franklin," American Historical Review, viii.
[206] See Charlotte (N. C.) Observer, September 25, 1904. Also consult North Carolina State Records, xxii, 664 ff.
[207] State Archives of North Carolina.
[208] Pennsylvania Packet, August 9, 1785.
[209] State Department MSS., Library of Congress.
[210] A single complete draft, in pamphlet form, printed in 1786, is preserved in the archives of the Tennessee Historical Society. Cf. "The Provisional Constitution of Frankland," American Historical Magazine, i.
[211] Franklin Papers, vii, folio 1651. MSS. Division, Library of Congress.
[212] Franklin Papers, viii, folio 1803. MSS. Division, Library of Congress.
[213] For a more extended treatment of matters dealt with in this chapter, compare "The Spanish Conspiracy in Tennessee," Tennessee Historical Magazine, December, 1917.
[214] Gardoqui to Floridablanca, April 18, 1788.