Further negotiations between imperial powers in the colonies, this time between
France and Spain, again focussed on Louisiana. After the Treaty of Mortefontaine,
September 30, 1800, which 'concluded the quasi state of war' that had existed
between France and Spain until that point, the two were free to negotiate on friendly
terms. 1 Note, also, that on the same day, France signed the Convention
of 1800 with the US, guaranteeing the two countries' 'friendship' and that they
would act fairly in trade. They also made the provision that they would allow
a six month period to allow migration of each other's peoples in case they were
to ever engage in war with one another. [read the Convention
of 1800]
- Elijah Wilson Lyon, Louisiana in French Diplomacy, 1759-1804, University
of Oklahoma Press, Norman, USA, 1974, 109.