James Ormond, Merchant And Soldier,
2021
University of Central Florida
James Ormond, Merchant And Soldier, Alice Strickland
Florida Historical Quarterly
The first member of the Ormond family to come to Florida was a Scotchman, James Ormond I, who owned and commanded an armed brig, the Somerset, which sailed in the services of the famous trading firm of Panton and Leslie. In the 1700’s James Ormond sailed the Somerset in the pirate-infested waters of the West Indies and between Savannah and present day Apalachicola. Later in life Ormond gave up seafaring and settled down on a cotton plantation on the island of Exuma in the West Indies. The invitation from the Spanish government for settlers to come to Florida, and the …
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 41, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents
Contributors,
2021
University of Central Florida
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Contributors to this issue
The Editor's Corner,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Editor's Corner, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
We continue in this issue the reminiscences of Florida begun in our January, 1962, number by the late Jane D. Brush of Michigan, widow of Alanson P. Brush, a pioneer of the automobile industry.
News And Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Removal of FHS headquarters, local historical societies
Book Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Short reviews and notes of books
The Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, May 3-5, 1962,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, May 3-5, 1962, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
President Gilbert L. Lycan presided over the meeting of officers and directors which was held May 3, 1962, at the Roosevelt Hotel, Jacksonville. The meeting was attended by Dr. Lycan, Duncan L. Clinch, H. J. Doherty, Jesse Keene, Mary McRae, Margaret Chapman, Paul L. Maddock, Rembert W. Patrick, Thelma Peters, Ben F. Rogers, Lucius Ruder, Frank B. Sessa, M. L. Vance, and T. T. Wentworth, Jr.
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of James Monroe Smith Georgia Planter, Before Death and After. By E. Merton Coulter. (Athens: University of Georgia Press. xii, 294 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $5.00.); Guide to Photocopied Historical Materials in the United States and Canada. Edited by Richard W. Hale, Jr. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, for the American Historical Association, 1961. xxxvi, 241 pp. Bibliography and index. $5.00.)
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of The Colonial Records of South Carolina, Series I: Journal of the Commons House of Assembly, January 19, 1748-June 29, 1748. Edited by J. Harold Easterby. (Columbia: South Carolina Archives Department, 1961. 413 pp. Preface and index. $11.00.); Georgia’s Journeys: Being an Account of the Lives of Georgia’s Original Settlers and Many Other Early Settlers from the Founding of the Colony in 1732 until the Institution of Royal Government in 1754. By Sarah B. Gober Temple and Kenneth Coleman. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1961. Pp. xviii, 348. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. $6.00.); The Baratarians and the Battle of …
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of Richard Keith Call: Southern Unionist. By Herbert J. Doherty, Jr. (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1961. vii, 195 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $5.50.); Nuevas fuentes para la historia de Puerto Rico. By Aurelio Tio. (San German: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 1961. 653 pp. Notes, maps, bibliography, charts, appendix, index.); The Pied Piper of Peru. By Henry Hanson. (Jacksonville: Florida Public Health Association, 1961. $2.00 cloth; $1.50 paper.); Glimpses of the Panhandle. By Harold W. Bell. (Chicago: Adams Press, 1961. 227 pp. Maps, bibliography. $3.50); The Secession Conventions of the South. By Ralph A. Wooster. (Princeton, N. J., …
Memoir Of A West Pointer In Florida: 1825,
2021
University of Central Florida
Memoir Of A West Pointer In Florida: 1825, Cecil D. Eby, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
In the early summer of 1825 the group of Seminoles relegated to the Big Swamp area of central Florida by the treaty of Moultrie Creek, signed two years before, were subjected to a drought so severe that nearly their whole crop was destroyed. Forced to subsist upon game, the Indians obtained permission from Major Gad Humphreys, their agent at the post that later became known as Fort King, to send hunting parties beyond the boundaries of their reservation to the north. While the incursion of Indian hunters into territories belonging legally to white settlers was absolutely necessary for the survival …
The Story Of Captain John C. Casey,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Story Of Captain John C. Casey, Fred W. Wallace
Florida Historical Quarterly
One link in the chain of off-shore islands extending from Anclote Key southward along Florida’s Gulf coast is Casey Key in Sarasota County. This little Key has more than its share of natural beauty and charm yet remains one of the least known islands. Although little is heard of Casey Key, except locally, for which the residents who value privacy are grateful, even more obscure is the origin of the name. One historian has written, “When and how Casey’s Pass was named no one knows. According to waterfront legend an Irishman named Casey settled there for a number of years …
Lincoln's Courier: John L. Worden's Mission To Fort Pickens,
2021
University of Central Florida
Lincoln's Courier: John L. Worden's Mission To Fort Pickens, James P. Jones
Florida Historical Quarterly
The spring of 1861 was a time of decision-making for the newly installed Lincoln administration. First on the agenda was the reinforcement and supply of Ft. Sumter, but an equally grave problem involved Ft. Pickens in Pensacola harbor. For several months a truce arranged between two members of President Buchanan’s cabinet and Confederate military authorities had been in force. This truce was an agreement not to reinforce Pickens if the Confederates promised not to attack. By March, 1861, Lincoln, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, and General Winfield Scott were growing concerned over the Pensacola situation. The Pickens garrison remained …
The Constitutional Convention Of 1885,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Constitutional Convention Of 1885, Edward C. Williamson
Florida Historical Quarterly
Florida in 1885 was a rural state, a long strip of relatively unoccupied frontier of the deep South. It sprawled from Pensacola to Key West with few farms or people south of Ocala. An inadequate system of transportation composed of sail and rail loosely tied the state together. Key West, its ties to Florida consisting of a few trading schooners, was the largest town. Counties large in area but small in population were in the south; those small in area but larger in population were in the north.
Memorial: Julien Chandler Yonge,
2021
University of Central Florida
Memorial: Julien Chandler Yonge, Rembert W. Patrick
Florida Historical Quarterly
In the fall of 1892 a thirteen-year-old boy requested and received a copy of Campbell’s Historical Sketches of Colonial Florida. Beginning with Panfilo de Narvaez’s discovery of Pensacola Bay, the 284-page book traced the explorations of Hernando de Soto, described the ill-fated attempt of Tristan de Luna to found a colony at Pensacola, and detailed the eventual permanent settlement there. The author emphasized the British Period of Colonial Florida, overweighted the importance of Pensacola, and ended his narrative with the American occupation of the province.
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 41, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents
Contributors,
2021
University of Central Florida
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Contributors to this issue
News And Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Julien Chandler Yonge Memorial Endowment, college and university news, local historical societies
The Editor's Corner,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Editor's Corner, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
We continue in this number the reminiscences of Florida, begun in our January issue, by the late Jane D. Brush of Michigan. Mrs. Brush was the wife of Alanson P. Brush, a pioneer of the automobile industry.
Book Review: A Woman Rice Planter,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Review: A Woman Rice Planter, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of A Woman Rice Planter. By Patience Pennington. [pseud.] Edited by Cornelius O. Cathey. (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1961. xxxiii, 446 pp. Illustrations. $6.00.)
