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Fulwar Skipwith
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Fulwar Skipwith (February 21, 1765 diplomat and politician, who served a the U.S. Consul-General in France, h Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and was in 1810.
Contents
?	1 Early life
?	2 The Republic of West Florida
?	3 Later life
?	4 References
?	5 External links
Early life
Skipwith was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, and was a distant cousin of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Skipwith studied at William and Mary College, but left at age 16 to enlist in the army during the American Revolution. He served at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.
In 1791-95 Skipwith served in the American delegation in France under Ambassador James Monroe. In 1795, Monroe appointed him Consul-General in Paris.
June 2, 1802, Skipwith married Louise Barbe Vandenclooster, a Flemish baroness. Her sister was Thereze Josephine van den Clooster.
The Republic of West Florida
In 1809, Skipwith moved to Spanish West Florida. As member of the first West Florida judiciary, he took part in the 1810 West Florida rebellion against Spain, and served as the president of the short-lived Republic of West Florida. On October 27, 1810, West Florida was annexed to the United States by proclamation of U.S. President James Madison, who claimed it as part of the Louisiana Purchase. At first, Skipwith and the West Florida government opposed to the proclamation, preferring to negotiate terms to join the Union as a separate state. However, William C. C. Claiborne, who was sent to take possession, refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the West Florida government. Skipwith and the legislature reluctantly agreed to accept Madison's proclamation.
- January 7, 1839) was an American ? a U.S. Consul in Martinique, and later as e was instrumental in negotiating the aresident of the Republic of West Florida
Fulwar Skipwith