1Instructions from Congress to John Jay, 4 October 1780 (Jay Papers)
The northern boundary of West Florida as set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (7 Oct.).
2To John Jay from the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington): Instructions to John Jay, 17 October 1780 (Jay Papers)
The 31st degree of north latitude was the boundary fixed for West Florida by the Proclamation of 1763.
By the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the northern boundary of the newly created province of West Florida was fixed at 31° north latitude, from the Mississippi River eastward to the Apalachicola River (William Macdonald, ed.,