(Forts - Mississippi Territory) "Fort Adams, 20th October 1802", dateline on folded letter to Philadelphia Pa., entered mails with manuscript "Natchez Octr. 21 1802" postmark and "25" rating, letter from Jona: Davis states "I expect soon to obtain the exclusive privilege of selling goods to this garrison", Very Fine and choice use. Estimate  $400 - 600. U.S. General James Wilkinson selected Loftus Heights for a military post in 1798 on the advice of Captain Isaac Guion. The site, on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River about six miles upriver from the new international boundary, was judged to be a good position for observing and thwarting military movements on the river and was described by Wilkinson as the "most southerly tenable position within our limits." The new fort was named for the sitting U.S. President, John Adams. In December 1801, Fort Adams was the site of the negotiation and signing of a treaty between the Choctaw and the United States government. $0 (Image)