I got to thinking about this one Alan. Spain would have sold out. They were going broke. That is why they didn't really put up much of a fight when the United States, with Andrew "The Indian Killer" Jackson came to get West Florida. The same deal with East Florida. They could no longer afford to keep up the government run, owned, leased, used, whichever that took anything from the government coffers. Hmm, now where did I hear this not long ago?----
Pam