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is clear is that Simon Favre until his death in 1813 was the prominent figure in the political and social life of the US-Spanish boundary in South Mississippi.
It is also interesting to note that most of the grantees involved in these episodes had Anglo surnames, although none figure among the members of the Convention that was challenging Spanish dominion in West Florida.
Simon Favre in the Service of the US Government
Very early in the history of the Louisiana Territory, Governor W.C.C. Claiborne sought to establish communications between the American interests at Fort Stoddard and the newly established posts in Louisiana. Claiborne wrote to Casa Calvo?1 in late February of 1805 seeking permission to cross Spanish territory with Postal route from Washington to Fort Stoddard, through the mouth of Pearl River and on to New Orleans.
The strategic location of the Favre property in Spanish Florida is evident in a letter dated June 17, 1805 to the Postmaster General of the United States, in which Governor Claiborne made reference to the Lafon Map, stating, "transportation [from New Orleans] must be by water through the Bayou [Gentilli] and Lake Catherine across the Rigolets and then either up one of the Branches of the Pearl River to the residence of Mr. Favre, or along another one to a place marked on the map Boisdore, or perhaps it would be better to terminate the Water Carriage a little to the west of this at a place marked (O) where once stood the village Marangoin, and from whence there is an old Indian Road leading through the Pine Woods in a Northern direction..." (Reference? :xviii).
Apparently, Simon Favre assumed a primary role for the United States as it designed communication lines across Spanish territory. On April 4, 1808 the U.S. Postmaster, writing to the Secretary of the Treasury, mentioned that Mr. Favre, still a Spanish subject, served as Agent for the Post Office, forwarding mail between Fort Stoddard to New Orleans through Spanish territory (Carter 1937:624).
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