I represent William Panton. I was a resident of Pensacola during the British period. I was a merchant and Indian trader. I was a Scotchman who had come down to Florida after my estates in George and South Carolina were confiscated by American rebels. I settled on the St. Mary’s river in the early years of the Revolution but later moved to Pensacola. My future business empire was already blossoming when the Spanish took over Pensacola. I entered into an agreement – with mutual benefits – with the Spanish authorities to stick around and continue my commerce rather than being shipped off to New York with the rest of the prisoners of war.
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