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Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 3566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3566. Scrapbook, together with clippings and ephemera contained therein, of Cora Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Although many of its pages are missing, the book is a “Mark Twain’s Scrapbook,” containing pages coated with a light adhesive that required a slight application of moisture instead of glue. The contents relate primarily to news and local social events of interest to Cora, including her own debut. Loose items include a humorous novelty card warning of “fishing pox” and a postcard extolling William Jennings Bryan.

Stamps Family (Sc 3564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3564. Genealogical data and related correspondence of the Stamps and Hills families of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes family group sheets, cemetery data and other compiled material.

Bell Buckle, Tennessee - Relating To (Sc 3565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3565. “Bell Buckle Spring,” a 7 page narrative by an unknown author, recounting a naval lieutenant’s reminiscences of his youth while a student in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. The story is a lyrical account of the natural features of the area and the excitement of witnessing a passing train. The story is inscribed as written in 1945 and “delivered” in May 1947.

Journal Of John Lee Williams, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Journal of a voyage from Pensacola to St. Marks and the district of country included between the rivers Ocholockney and Suwannee, in West Florida, during the months of October and November, 1823.

Journal Of Dr. W. H. Simmons, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Left St. Augustine and reached Buonavista, late at night, the road being impeded with water nearly the whole way. The flats being on the other side, there was no possibility of getting my horses over before the morning. I however passed over myself in a canoe and slept at Vibrillia.

The Selection Of Tallahassee As The Capital, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Mr. Wall, Chairman of a Special Committee on Examination of a Site for a Governor's Mansion, submitted the, following report: Sir— On the 15th of this month there was presented and read to this body a communication from the Council of the city of Tallahassee, in which they agree to give a "Fee Simple Title" to six town lots of land within the city for a Governor's Mansion, provided the Legislature will grant $20,000 to build the same. Therefore, I ask permission that the following history relative to these lands be presented in the Journal."

Indian Massacre In Gadsen County, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Sixteen miles southwest of Quincy, the county seat of the grand old county of Gadsden, and about a mile from the banks of the Tallogee creek, spelled on the maps Taliga, lives John K. McLane, now in his eighty-third, year, and a descendant of those, sturdy old Scotch colonists who have contributed so much to the history of this republic.

Origin Of The Shell Mounds, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Modern methods of traveling and the corresponding number of travelers, permitting easy access to all parts of the civilized world; and especially throughout the United States, cause many persons to spend their winters in a semi-tropical climate, thereby combining the opportunity to escape the rigor of winter and secure that change of climate condusive to health and happiness. To entertain this vast concourse of people, whose dispositions and tastes vary almost as much as their personal appearance, is no small matter. For the success of each city or locality, in obtaining its proportion of tourists is in proportion to their …

Catalogue Of Collections, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This is a list of books, pamphlets, maps, relics, and photographs.

Report Of President F. P. Fleming To The Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Held November 19th, 1907, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Gentlemen of the Florida Historical Society— It gives me pleasure to again greet you on this occasion of the annual meeting of the society.

Major George Rainsford Fairbanks, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Major George Rainsford Fairbanks, the first president of the Florida Historical Society, whose likeness appears in this number, died at his summer home in Sewanee, Tennessee, on the third day of August, 1906, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He was born in Watertown, New York, on July 5, 1820. At the age of nineteen, he graduated from the Union College, Schenectady, with the degree of B. A. Later he received the degree of M. A. from his alma mater, and the same degree from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. At the age of twenty-two he was admitted to the …

Prospectus, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Florida Historical Society was organized November 26, 1902. It was chartered as a corporation May 15, 1905. The objects of the Society, as set forth in its charter, are as follows.

Verso, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

FHQ Officers and Board of Directors

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Includes Contents of issue

Major George Rainsford Fairbanks Photo, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Photograph of Major George Rainsford Fairbanks

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Extent and Importance of Federal Naval Raids on Salt-Making in Florida, 1862-1865 Ella Lonn
A Letter of James Innerarity on William Panton’s Estate
New Books
The Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society.

• Minutes
• Report of the president
• Report of the treasurer
• Membership roll of the Society

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Story of the LaFayette Lands in Florida Kathryn T. Abbey
Letters of James Innerarity The War of 1812
Slavery in East Florida, 1776-1785 Wilbur H. Siebert
An Early Nineteenth Century Traveler in Pensacola
To the Members

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

International Rivalry in the Creek Country Part I, The Ascendency of Alexander McGillivray 1783-1789 Lawrence Kinnaird
Sir John Hawkins in Florida Edgar Legare Pennington
The Forbes Purchase A letter from James Innerarity to William Simpson, 1804
A Historical Sketch of My Home Town, Dania Lilliam Jordan

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Slavery and White Servitude in East Florida, 1726- 1776 Wilbur H. Siebert
United States Troops in Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part V. T. Frederick Davis
The Archival Distribution of Florida Manuscripts James Alexander Robertson
Documents Relating to Colonel Edward Nicholls and Captain George Woodbine in Pensacola, 1814

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Battle of Olustee Col.. George F. Baltzell, U.S.A.
The New City of Pensacola, 1835-1837 Dorothy Dodd
Soldiers Connected With Florida History Since 1812 Gen. Charles P. Summerall
United States Troops in Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part IV. T. Frederick Davis
A Journal of John Forbes, May, 1803 The Seizure of William Augustus Bowles
Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society

• Minutes
• Annual Report of the President
• Annual Report of the Treasurer
• In Memoriam