The Queen City of the South, Natchez, Mississippi on Top, Not Under the Hill: Its Beautiful and Healthy Location, the Superior Facilities for ... Health, Happiness and Wealth Awaits All Goo

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In the year 1779 it was taken possession Of by Spain as a part Of Florida, and contin ued under Spanish control until I797, when a rectification Of the lines between the United States and the Spanish colonies threw it into the United States.
The occupation of Natchez by the Spanish government is probably the most interesting period of its early history. Large numbers Of enterprising Americans, attracted by the fame Of the fertility and beauty of the country, and encouraged by the generous manner in which they were treated by the Spanish regime, ocked to Natchez and its vicinity, and long before it was known to be American territory the anglicised population were prepared for the advent of a Republican form Of government.
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