Book Review: Freedom River: Florida 1845,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Review: Freedom River: Florida 1845, Agnes Gregory
Florida Historical Quarterly
A review of Freedom River: Florida 1845. By Marjory Stoneman Douglas. (New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. 264 pp. Illustrations. $3.00)
Book Review: A Provisional Gazeteer Of Florida Place-Names Of Indian Derivation,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Review: A Provisional Gazeteer Of Florida Place-Names Of Indian Derivation, John W. Griffin
Florida Historical Quarterly
Review of A Provisional Gazeteer of Florida Place-Names of Indian Derivation, Either Obsolescent or Retained, Together with Others of Recent Application. By J. Clarence Simpson. Edited by Mark F. Boyd. (Tallahassee, Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication No. 1, 1956. X+ 158 pp. Maps.)
Macomb's Mission To The Seminoles: John T. Sprague's Journal,
2021
University of Central Florida
Macomb's Mission To The Seminoles: John T. Sprague's Journal, Frank F. White, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
On March 22, 1839, Major General Alexander Macomb left Washington to go to Florida in an unsuccessful attempt to end the expensive and futile war which had already lasted four years against the Seminole Indians. On his staff, accompanying him as aid-de-camp, was Lieutenant John T. Sprague of the 8th Infantry, who maintained the official diary of the expedition. This journal which has not been published in its entirety previously, contains the chronicle of the great council which assembled in May of that year to try to establish peace once more. Although General Macomb’s peace mission failed, Lieutenant Sprague’s diary …
Stories In Stone,
2021
University of Central Florida
Stories In Stone, Lucy Ames Edwards
Florida Historical Quarterly
If it is true, as Hawthorne tells us, that “A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon,” then perhaps a gravestone teaches history. That it records facts of history we know, but in the growth of towns and cities, as skyscrapers and subdivisions supplant old homes and scattered farms, some records of facts are being lost. With the thought of preserving family history the attempt was made in the summer of 1940 to compile the records on early gravemarkers in Duval County. An unexpected bonus was the information gained of Duval County families and how they had helped …
The Background Of The Greek Settlers In The New Smyrna Colony,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Background Of The Greek Settlers In The New Smyrna Colony, E. P. Panagopoulos
Florida Historical Quarterly
Andrew Turnbull, the principal founder of the New Smyrna Colony, was not the first who thought of bringing Greeks to people Florida. Immediately after the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which transferred Florida into British hands, William Knox, in a memorial to Whitehall, had already made this suggestion in a very convincing way. Knox, who later was Under-Secretary of State for American Affairs from 1770 to 1782, made, in his memorial, a detailed analysis of conditions and possibilities of the newly acquired Province of Florida. Attempting to solve the urgent problem of peopling this area, completely depopulated after the departure …
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 35, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents
Contributors,
2021
University of Central Florida
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
New members to FHS and contributors to this issue
News And Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Activites of local and regional historical societies
Report Of The Treasurer,
2021
University of Central Florida
Report Of The Treasurer, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Minutes,
2021
University of Central Florida
Minutes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Minutes from the directors meeting
The Annual Meeting,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Annual Meeting, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Notes from the annual meeting
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Review of A History of the Freedmen’s Bureau. By George R. Bentley. (Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1955. 298 pp. Notes, appendix, bibliography, and index. $5.00.); The Three Pebbles. By Richard Parker. (New York, David McKay Company, 1956. 218 pp. Illustrations. $2.75.); As They Saw Forrest. Edited by Robert Self Henry. (Jackson, Tenn., McCowart-Mercer Press, 1956. 306 pp. Maps and illustrations. $5.00).
Florida In 1855,
2021
University of Central Florida
Florida In 1855, Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
One hundred years ago when the Florida Historical Society was founded at St. Augustine the members of that organization lived in a region and a society which was vastly different from that which is known to millions of twentieth century Americans as “Florida.” In those ancient days tourists were a rarity and resort hotels south of St. Augustine were even rarer. The cities were mere hamlets by present-day standards and almost all of the population was concentrated in the extreme northern part of the state. Industry was virtually non-existent and the mass of men were farmers. Negroes were held in …
Florida, Iowa, And The National "Balance Of Power," 1845,
2021
University of Central Florida
Florida, Iowa, And The National "Balance Of Power," 1845, Franklin A. Doty
Florida Historical Quarterly
To Floridians, the admission of their state to the Union is an event in which interest arises as a matter of course from local and state pride and from general historical awareness of the times and circumstances. To Iowans, the event is of similar interest because of the pairing of the two states in the same act of admission. To the historically minded in general, the occasion provides a convenient focus for reconsidering some of the chief crosscurrents of national politics in the 1840's.
Alabama's Political Leaders And The Acquisition Of Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
Alabama's Political Leaders And The Acquisition Of Florida, Hugh C. Bailey
Florida Historical Quarterly
If many Americans were concerned with western expansion in 1819, it is equally true that many were greatly interested in expansion to the south. America’s spirit of ‘‘manifest destiny” was by no means blunted with the purchase of Louisiana, and at the time of Alabama’s admission to the Union the question of the acquisition and disposition of Florida had become a major issue. Nowhere was the concern greater than among the group which dominated the early years of Alabama’s political life, “the Georgia Machine.” Composed of former Georgians, many of whom originally came from Virginia, the “machine” was nurtured and …
Fort Caroline, Cradle Of American Freedom,
2021
University of Central Florida
Fort Caroline, Cradle Of American Freedom, Charles E. Bennett
Florida Historical Quarterly
Along the southern bank of the St. Johns River in northeastern Florida stand a wooded bluff and adjoining shorelands which may well be considered the birthplace of American ideals and freedom; or, at very least, the cradle of American ideals in the distant years of 1564 and 1565, and the beginning of the first permanent settlement of our country. The United States government is now, in 1956, establishing at the site what will be called Fort Caroline National Memorial. It is expected that it will be open to visitors by the early summer of 1957. Although the history of St. …
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 35, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents
Contents Of Volume Xxxv,
2021
University of Central Florida
Contents Of Volume Xxxv, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Contains a list of articles and authors for Vol. 35
Contributors,
2021
University of Central Florida
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
New members to FHS and contributors to this issue
News And Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Notes about Tequesta, activities of local and regional historical societies, notice of the annual meeting, gifts
