News And Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Local centennials, activities of local and regional historical societies, Tequesta,
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of The Basic Ideas of Alexander Hamilton. Edited by Richard B. Morris. (New York, Pocket Books, 1957. 451 pp. $.35.); The Growth and Culture of Latin America. By Donald E. Worcester and Wendell G. Schaeffer. (New York, Oxford University Press, 1956. 963 pp.)
Indian Presents: To Give Or Not To Give: Governor Whites's Quandary,
2021
University of Central Florida
Indian Presents: To Give Or Not To Give: Governor Whites's Quandary, Richard K. Murdoch
Florida Historical Quarterly
At the close of the Eighteenth Century the use of presents to obtain loyalty, friendship, neutrality or allegiance was an old story to the nations of Western Europe, dating back to the days of the Greeks and Romans. Later presents were employed for the same purpose in the feudal period and in the campaigns of the Crusaders in the Holy Land. In the early years of the modern era the Portugese used presents to obtain peaceful entry into African ports as prelude to the slave trade. And finally presents were employed in the Americas by all the colonizing powers as …
A Guide To Spanish Florida Source Material,
2021
University of Central Florida
A Guide To Spanish Florida Source Material, Charles Arnade
Florida Historical Quarterly
As the years pass the Spanish period of Florida still remains the longest of its history. Not until the year 2091 shall our American era have reached the same length as the Spanish rule. Yet historical research on Hispanic Florida is now all but stagnant compared to what is being done an thy American period. Serious research on the Spanish epochs is largely dependent on what is available from Spanish sources.
The Early Sugar Industry In Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Early Sugar Industry In Florida, Wilbur H. Siebert
Florida Historical Quarterly
During the score of years of British occupation little sugar was produced in Florida. The cultivation of sugar-cane was tried only experimentally and was practically limited to small plots of land on the plantations of Lieutenant Governor John Moultrie and Richard Oswald, Esq. In 1776 only one hogshead of sugar and another of molasses were exported, although the number of barrels, casks, and puncheons of rum shipped totaled seventy-eight.
Early Newspapers Of Ocala,
2021
University of Central Florida
Early Newspapers Of Ocala, Eloise Robinson Ott
Florida Historical Quarterly
During the more than one hundred years since the printing of the first newspaper in Ocala, this community has had an important and unique part in the journalistic history of Florida. Statehood had been achieved but two years before when, in 1847, the Ocala Argus began publication. Within the next two decades, seven other newspapers were established here. Several existed but a few months, others from four to six years, but the last of this group, the East Florida Banner (later the Ocala Banner) was to have a distinguished career of usefulness, with a record of editorship and ownership within …
Florida's Overseas Railroad,
2021
University of Central Florida
Florida's Overseas Railroad, David L. Willing
Florida Historical Quarterly
Soon after leaving the village of Florida City, the midtwentieth century auto traveler driving to the Florida Keys rounds a curve and comes on to the roadbed of the Overseas Highway. If he looks quickly, the driver may see mile post 397 of the Florida East Coast Railway, a few rods west of the highway. This lonely sentinel of the Everglades sawgrass, standing literally “at the end of the line,” marks the beginning of what was the Overseas Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway - a marvelous work of construction which ranks among the wonders of the world as …
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 35, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents
Contributors,
2021
University of Central Florida
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
News And Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Notice of the annual meeting, local and regional historical society
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of Higher Education and Florida’s Future. 2 volumes. (Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press, 1956. Vol. I, Recommendations and General Staff Report. By A. J. Brumbaugh and Myron R. Blee. xxviii, 87pp. Tables and index. $1.50. Vol. II, Florida’s Economy - Past Trends and Prospects for 1970. Prepared by the Economic Research Staff, Wylie Kilpatrick, Coordinator. xii, 180pp. Tables and index. $2.50.); The Seminole Trail. By Dee Dunsing. (New York, Longmans, Green and Company, 1956. 211 pp. Illustrated by Larry Toschik. $3.00.)
Horace Greeley, Presidential Candidate: A Floridian's View,
2021
University of Central Florida
Horace Greeley, Presidential Candidate: A Floridian's View, Willard E. Wight
Florida Historical Quarterly
In the presidential election of 1872, Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, was the candidate of the Liberal Republican Party and of the Democratic Party. Nominated first by the Liberal Republicans at their convention in Cincinnati, Greeley had been named by the Democrats at Baltimore in July, 1872. The Democrats not only adopted the candidate of the Liberal Republicans but also adopted their platform verbatim.
The Call To Arms: Secession From A Feminine Point Of View,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Call To Arms: Secession From A Feminine Point Of View, Samuel Proctor
Florida Historical Quarterly
Address of the Ladies of Broward’s Neck through Editors of the Papers, to the Politicians of Florida, as to their Present and Future Protection against Abolition Emmissaries of the North.
The Trials Of Captain Don Isidoro De Leon,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Trials Of Captain Don Isidoro De Leon, Lucy L. Wenhold
Florida Historical Quarterly
Few historians can tell you what Florida was like in 1745. Yet those were the days when the governor of the province spoke of “the terror men feel when they even hear the name of Florida,” and swore to defend it “to the last drop of my blood.”
Dudley Warren Adams, Pioneer,
2021
University of Central Florida
Dudley Warren Adams, Pioneer, Harriett M. Bryant
Florida Historical Quarterly
In December, 1875, a tall, spare man in middle life arrived in a small village in interior Florida. He strolled silently about the town, asked no questions of any of the citizens, moved into the wilderness westward of the village, and walked through the deep sand around the heavy scrub of palmetto growth into the forest of tall pines. No human habitation or evidence of human activity appeared as he continued his way in the wood. On his right he caught the gleam of a small lake, He followed a narrow opening into a cypress woods, draped with fairy-like grey …
The 1913 Campaign For Child Labor In Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
The 1913 Campaign For Child Labor In Florida, Emily Howard Atkins
Florida Historical Quarterly
So minutely prepared and well conducted was the campaign for a child labor law for Florida in 1913 that the advocates were surprised when the proposed bill was challenged by a solitary newspaper, The Florida Times Union. According to an official of the National Child Labor Committee, this strong objection on the part of the Jacksonville, Florida newspaper would have wrecked the legislation had it not been for the astute thinking on the part of the authors of the bill when the opposition first appeared.
Alabama And West Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
Alabama And West Florida, Hugh C. Bailey
Florida Historical Quarterly
Even before the Alabama Territory came into being, the inhabitants of the area north of West Florida coveted the land which lies west of the Apalachicola River. As early as 1811 two hundred sixty three residents of the Mississippi Territory petitioned the Congress of the United States to add West Florida to their jurisdiction. Not only would this give the territory sufficient population for admission to statehood, they asserted, but it would promote the interests of the people of both sections. After pointing out that many of the rivers of the Mississippi country flowed through West Florida, the petitioners stated …
The Florida Plan: An Ante-Bellum Effort To Control Cotton Sales,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Florida Plan: An Ante-Bellum Effort To Control Cotton Sales, Weymouth T. Jordan
Florida Historical Quarterly
For a number of years historians have been familiar with the work of the so-called commercial conventions which were held in the South during the pre-Civil War period. Three professional studies have been written on the subject of these conventions. These conventions had their beginnings during the troubled times of the panic of 1837; the first one met in 1839; most of them convened during the 1850’s. They were held in the leading cities of the Old South; they were attended by hundreds of men seeking to promote what has come to be known as “southern nationalism;” they did a …
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 35, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents
News And Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Gifts, news of the Society, local and regional historical societies
