Everything about Fulwar Skipwith totally explained
Fulwar Skipwith (
February 21,
1765 -
January 7,
1839) was an
American diplomat and
politician, who served as a U.S. Consul in
Martinique, and later as the U.S.
Consul-General in
France. He was instrumental in negotiating the
Louisiana Purchase in
1803 and was president of the
Republic of West Florida in
1810.
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.
In 1802, Skipwith married Thereze Josephine van den Clooster, a
Flemish baroness.
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.
Later life
Skipwith was elected to serve in the
Louisiana State Senate. In December
1814, during the
War of 1812, Magloire Guichard and Skipwith sponsored a
legislative resolution to grant
amnesty to "the
privateers lately resorting to
Barataria, who might be deterred from offering their services for fear of
persecution." This led to
Jean Lafitte and his men joining in the defense of
New Orleans when the city was attacked by British forces in January
1815.
In
1827, Skipwith, Armand Duplantier,
Antoine Blanc,
Thomas B. Robertson and Sebastien Hiriart received permission from the
state legislature to organize a
corporation called the Agricultural Society of Baton Rouge.
Skipwith died at his Monte Sano Plantation on the bluffs above Baton Rouge on
January 7,
1839 at the age of 74.
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