1To George Washington from Garret Rapalje, 6 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Memorial of Garret Rapalje of the City of New York Merchant—Humbly Sheweth, That your Memorialist, has resided upwards of five Years at New Orleans in West Florida in the Spanish Dominion that he is well acquainted with the Situation Politicks and Commerce of that Country—That the Trade from the Interior Parts of the Continent in the United States down the Misissipi is very great and...