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How did James Wilkinson ingratiate himself with the Spanish authorities?

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Wilkinson explained that opening the Mississippi River to western trade would encourage separatist tendencies among western settlers. If he was granted a monopoly of this trade, he suggested, he could promote Spanish interests ...

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