Vice Consulship of Spain for the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Meſſrs. Nicholas Johnſton and Co.
Gentlemen,
His Excellency Lieut. Colonel Don Vincent Folch, Governor of the Province of Weſt Florida, in a letter, dated Panzacola, 1ſt Auguſt, has been pleaſed to communicate to me the following:
"I have iſſued a proclamation, offering FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any perſon who will deliver here, or in Apalache, the body of WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BOWLES, or elſe produce ſufficient proof of having killed him; which information I will thank you to make public, in order that ſome clever fellow, at the cheap rate of one gun ſhot, will place in his pocket the ſaid ſum, which ſhall be paid, with the greateſt acknowledgment of gratitude, in good Spaniſh dollars, without the leaſt delay."
Therefore I requeſt you to give this a conſpicuous place in your paper. It is, doubtleſs, a very intereſting ſubject to Spain, America and the Indians, that they be rid of this noted vagabond.
I remain, with reſpect,
Your obedient ſervant,
EMANUEL RENGILL.
Savannah, 25th August, 1800.