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Natchez evolution into a town came under Spanish rule
 (Second in a series)
During the 1780s, the first decade of Spanish rule, the development of the Natchez District was relatively uneventful compared to its history under British rule (1763-1789) which was a series of advances and collapses of settlement from which the district finally emerged as a political entity.
Under the Spanish the district continued to grow in population and economic production and culminated in the establishment of the city of Natchez, the only city today in Mississippi that was founded by a foreign power.
The city of Natchez was developed through a number of administrative decisions during the latter half of the 1780s. Beginning as early as 1785, Lt. Col. Francisco Bouligny, the newly appointed commandant of the Natchez fort (which retained the British name, Fort Panmure), wrote a lengthy letter to Esteban Miró, the acting-governor of Louisiana and West Florida, in which he described the district and its largely agrarian population. He recommended that because of threats from the United States, it was advisable to promote the development of the district and the growth of its population. Having spent several months at Natchez in 1782, Miró was cognizant of the importance of the district and consequently was supportive of Bouligny's recommendations.
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