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This morning at 9:30 Perez received a letter from the commandant at Pascagoula, Hevia, which transcribed a letter of the commandant at Pass Christian, Pellerin. At this instance which is 20:00 I have received a letter from the commandant at Pass Christian. In this moment I have received word from Favre that 300 men of the rebels have arrived on the Pearl River and are marching against the settlement. No inhabitants have joined for the defense, Pellerin retired to Cat Island. Tomorrow he was going to Horn Island as it was impossible to stop the rebels. [Summary translation].
Like his father had done during the transition of these lands from French to British rule, Simon brokered many of the events that concerned the US and Spanish governments.
Juan B. Pellerin, Lieutenant of the Louisiana Regiment of infantry, Civil and Military Commander of Bay St. Louis and its coast, appointed Favre as his representative on the Pearl River (Carter 1937). In this capacity, Favre was instrumental in the assignment and confirmation of land deeds, which the Spanish granted at an increasing rate, possibly to offset US encroachment into their territory. Writing on May 25, 1809, from Pass Christian, John Pellerin stated: ?In virtue of the authority I have from his Excellency, the Governor of Pensacola, I appoint a person in him I have confidence, on Pearl river for the purpose of representing me in whatever concerns the Royal service and having found these qualities in you, I appoint you for the purposes before mentioned. God preserve you many years, John Baptiste Pellerin, to Senor Don Simon Favre?. (author?s translation of the original Spanish document).
After his appointment, Favre served Pellerin and the Spanish Government in West Florida by providing military intelligence and maps on the increasing activities of Americans and ?rebels? operating along the Pearl River and adjacent coast. In a letter dated June 29, 1809, Pellerin forward to Vicente Folch an official communication from Simon Favre (Fabre in this letter) detailing how every day Americans are arriving at the Pearl River with the purpose of settling the area and with that pretext, they rob the inhabitants. Juan Bautista Pellerin, Pass Christian, to Vicente Folch. Number 10, June 29, 1809.
On September 23rd, 1810, Pellerin sent to Folch a map drawn by the Englishman Benjamin Howard and sent to Simon Favre, identified as ?commandant of the Pearl River.? The
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