Political Factions In Territorial Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
Political Factions In Territorial Florida, Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
In the early days of the territorial period, politics in Florida were largely of a personal nature as certain men of wealth and education became the natural leaders of the political life on the frontier. When Florida became a United States territory there was nominally only one political party, and political lines nationally were in a state of flux. Consequently, while the settlers of Florida usually came with definite political ideas, they were not tied to a party nor did they bring readymade ideas of party with them.
Hernando De Miranda, Governor Of Florida 1575-1577,
2021
University of Central Florida
Hernando De Miranda, Governor Of Florida 1575-1577, Ray E. Held
Florida Historical Quarterly
Second in the list of governors of Spanish Florida stands the name of one Hernando de Miranda. An almost unknown figure, he was for two years King Philip II’s adelantado, captain-general, and governor for the royal provinces of Florida. Following the rule of the first governor, the famous and able commander, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Miranda’s brief administration (1575 to 1577) occurred at a time when Florida, having been made secure against the French, was settling down into the two centuries of the relatively obscure first Spanish colonial period. That Miranda was succeeded in turn by another capable governor, Pedro …
Negro Slavery In Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
Negro Slavery In Florida, Edwin L. Williams, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
Negro slavery existed in Florida long before it became American territory and the Negro began to play his part in the drama of Florida history at a very early date. If we are to credit the narrative of Cabeca De-Vaca, as translated by Buckingham Smith, at least two Negroes accompanied the Narvaez expedition to Florida in 1528, though no mention is made as to whether they were slave or free. One of these Negroes was among the few survivors of this ill-fated expedition who finally reached Mexico. A few Negro slaves accompanied the great expedition of Hernando DeSoto when it …
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 28, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents
Reports,
2021
University of Central Florida
Reports, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Includes the membership report, treasurers report, and other minutes
The Florida Historical Society,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Includes the schedule for the annual meeting, gifts to the library, and members
No Home For The Society In Tallahassee,
2021
University of Central Florida
No Home For The Society In Tallahassee, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
The governments of many states provide homes for and give other aid to their State historical societies. At the annual meeting of the Society in 1947 the question of asking for space in some State owned building in Tallahassee was discussed and a resolution was adopted requesting the Society’s Legislative Committee to draft such a bill and endeavor to secure its passage, but no agreement was to be made that the Society would accept the space that might be offered.
The Jacksonville Historical Society,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Jacksonville Historical Society, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
In continuation of its series of quarterly program meetings, the Jacksonville Historical Society presented two addresses on February 10 before a large gathering of the history-minded. Mrs. Margaret Fleming Biddle carried her hearers back to early days in picturing "Hibernia, Fleming’s Island" - a picture which should be recorded in print so that others now and in after years might see the picture too.
Book Review,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Review, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
A review of Florida’s Flagler by Sidney Walter Martin. (The University of Georgia Press. Athens, Georgia, 1949. 280 pp. $4.00.)
Tequesta: The Journal Of The Historical Association Of Southern Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
Tequesta: The Journal Of The Historical Association Of Southern Florida, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida, has appeared since our last number. It is issued annually and this is number eight. Throughout it is on the high level of former issue sand more, this is the best number yet. The last three issues have been under the direction of Dr. Charlton W. Tebeau as editor, and his policy has been to confine the articles to subjects of South Florida interest, the result is that the history of that region is steadily being written and published.
Letters Of The Invaders Of East Florida, 1812,
2021
University of Central Florida
Letters Of The Invaders Of East Florida, 1812, Rembert W. Patrick
Florida Historical Quarterly
In September, 1812, a small detachment of the United States Army, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas A. Smith, was camped near Moosa Old Fort. Not more than five hundred yards from the American forces was the unkempt and open quarters of a small band of men who called themselves the “Patriots of East Florida." Just across the San Sebastian river from these camps lay the town of St. Augustine with its formidable fort, Castillo de San Marcos, manned by Spanish regulars and colored militia from the Spanish West Indian possessions.
Francis P. Fleming In The War For Southern Independence: Letters From The Front,
2021
University of Central Florida
Francis P. Fleming In The War For Southern Independence: Letters From The Front, Edward C. Williamson
Florida Historical Quarterly
The writer of these letters, Francis P. Fleming (governor of Florida 1889-1893), was born at Panama, Duval county, Sept. 28, 1841; he enlisted as a private, July 13, 1861, in the St. Augustine Rifles which later became Company H., 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment of the famous Florida Brigade commanded by General E. A. Perry. The 2nd Florida served as part of the Army of Virginia. The letters are a part of the Fleming Papers in the Florida Historical Society library at St. Augustine, recently presented to the Society by Mrs. Hester Fleming Williams.
The Political Activity Of The Freedmen’S Bureau In Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Political Activity Of The Freedmen’S Bureau In Florida, George R. Bentley
Florida Historical Quarterly
In its first five months the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was completely inactive in Florida. An assistant commissioner - that is, state head of the Bureau - was appointed early enough, but he had charge also of Georgia and South Carolina, and he limited both his interests and his activities to the Palmetto State. He was General Rufus Saxton, an ardent abolitionist and a long-time protege of Salmon P. Chase. During most of the war he had been in charge of the Sea Islands Experiment with free Negro labor. In the early months of the Freedmen’s Bureau …
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 28, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents
Diego Pena’S Expedition To Apalachee And Apalachicolo In 1716,
2021
University of Central Florida
Diego Pena’S Expedition To Apalachee And Apalachicolo In 1716, Mark F. Boyd
Florida Historical Quarterly
Prior to the settlement of Charles Town in 1670, the Spanish, through the mission reductions, dominated many of the southeastern Indian tribes. Although the mission Indians generally accepted the discipline imposed, several revolts against Spanish rule nevertheless occurred, the suppression of which doubtless produced many malcontents. Furthermore the Spanish regarded the English settlement of Carolina as an encroachment on Spanish territory, although evidently not unwelcome by Indians who had become hostile to the Spaniards.
Contents Of Volume Xxviii,
2021
University of Central Florida
Contents Of Volume Xxviii, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Contains a list of articles and authors for Vol. 28
Contributors,
2021
University of Central Florida
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
The Florida Historical Society,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Includes information on the annual meeting, gifts to the library, and members
Local History,
2021
University of Central Florida
Local History, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Local history must depend in part on tradition. Usually tradition has a basis in fact, but has grown or changed with every retelling. Yet often it was born through a supposition only, or from unintentional error in stating a fact. Yet again, many times, its beginning was pure invention, as in the case of the numerous historical trees— few of which ever had any connection with the event they are coupled with.
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of Florida, Land of Chamge by Kathryn Abbey Hanna. [Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1948. XII, 445 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, bibliography, and index. $4.50]., and Murray, Paul, The Whig Party in Georgia, 1825-1853. Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina Press, 1948. Volume 29 in the James Sprunt Studies in History and Political Science. (219 p. $2.50).
