The Tallahassee Fire Of 1843,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Tallahassee Fire Of 1843, F. Eppes
Florida Historical Quarterly
An account of this conflagration, which destroyed the greater part of the town as first built, appeared in the Quarterly in the issue for July, 1924. These additional documents and notes are taken from contemporaneous issues of the Floridian and the Sentinel, Tallahassee newspapers.
Jean Ribaut, His Personality And Achievements (Prize Essay),
2021
University of Central Florida
Jean Ribaut, His Personality And Achievements (Prize Essay), Kenneth Curry
Florida Historical Quarterly
This essay was awarded a first prize in the Irving Bacheller-Florida Historical Society contest for Florida high-school students, held at Rollins College under the direction of Alfred J. Hanna, February twenty-first last. Mr. Curry, its author, is a student in Orlando High School. The other prize-winners and the subjects of their essays were: Ruthjeanne Bellamy, also of Orlando High School, who wrote on Pirates of the Florida Coast; Nellie Kennedy, of Hernando High School, Brooksville, who wrote on the same subject; and Chester R. Yates, of Plant City High School, on Territorial and Early Statehood of Florida.
Music Of The Seminole Indians,
2021
University of Central Florida
Music Of The Seminole Indians, Minnie Moore-Willson
Florida Historical Quarterly
In her address to the last annual meeting of the Historical Society, published in the July number of the QUARTERLY, Mrs. Minnie Moore-Willson told of the music of the Seminoles, and mention was made there of the song and the other melodies which appear on the, following pages.
Jefferson County, Florida, 1827-1910. Part I,
2021
University of Central Florida
Jefferson County, Florida, 1827-1910. Part I, Samuel Pasco
Florida Historical Quarterly
It was in January, 1827, that Jefferson County was formed out of Leon, with its western boundary nearly the same as at present and the eastern boundary remaining at the Suwannee until December, 1827, when Madison County was established. Thus Jefferson County became a separate territorial division and governmental organization, after being at times a part of the provinces of East Florida and West Florida, and of the counties of Escambia, Jackson, Gadsden, and Leon. It extends from the Georgia line to the Gulf, a distance of about forty miles, and at the base line is about twenty miles wide. …
Samuel Pasco (1834-1917),
2021
University of Central Florida
Samuel Pasco (1834-1917), Samuel Pasco
Florida Historical Quarterly
The accompanying history of Jefferson County, Florida, was prepared by Senator Pasco at the time of the dedication of the court house at Monticello in 1910, and was in part used by him in an address on that occasion. As first written the history of this region was traced from the earliest times to 1910; but because much relating to the period prior to the establishment of the county in 1827 has appeared in other articles in the QUARTERLY the narrative will begin with that year. The entire manuscript has been given to and may be seen in the collections …
Letters From The Public Record Office, London,
2021
University of Central Florida
Letters From The Public Record Office, London, James Grant
Florida Historical Quarterly
Governor Grant’s Letter to Lachlan MacLeane Esqr. in answer to an Official Letter wrote by order of the Earl of Shelburne, concerning Denys Rolle Esqr.
Denys Rolle. And Rollestown, A Pioneer For Utopia,
2021
University of Central Florida
Denys Rolle. And Rollestown, A Pioneer For Utopia, Carita Doggett Corse
Florida Historical Quarterly
This account of Denys Rolle and his attempt at colonization in Florida is based on forty-three contemporaneous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, London,- letters and reports of Governors Grant and Tonyn to the Lords of Trade and Plantations,. to the Earl of Shelburne and to Lord Hillsborough; memorials of Rolle, and his letters to the governor and the secretaries; Acts of the Privy Council; private letters; etc. Copies of these papers were secured from London by Mrs. Corse and given to the library of the Florida Historical Society where they may be seen; hence it is considered unnecessary …
Verso,
2021
University of Central Florida
Verso, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Lists the Officers and Board of Directors for the Florida Historical Society, as well as membership fees.
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 7, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents
New Members,
2021
University of Central Florida
New Members, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Book Review: The Spanish-American Frontier, 1783-1785,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Review: The Spanish-American Frontier, 1783-1785, Kathryn T. Abbey
Florida Historical Quarterly
A review of The Spanish-American Frontier: 1783-1795, By Arthur Preston Whitaker. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1927. III+245 pp. Maps and Index.)
Letters Of Samuel Forry, Surgeon U.S. Army, 1837-1838, Part Iii,
2021
University of Central Florida
Letters Of Samuel Forry, Surgeon U.S. Army, 1837-1838, Part Iii, Samuel Forry
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
The Seminole Indians Of Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Seminole Indians Of Florida, Minnie Moore-Willson
Florida Historical Quarterly
Looking backwards for nearly two centuries we see a band of red Americans, who are to become the Seminoles, separate themselves from the Creek Confederacy of Georgia and Alabama and cross the boundary into Florida. Subjects now of the Spanish crown, they become a nation to themselves, and under the sunny skies of the peninsular establish their golden-rule tribal government-characterized throughout by independence, kindliness, and honor.
An Early Poem On Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
An Early Poem On Florida
Florida Historical Quarterly
In the Bodleian Library at Oxford, there is to be found in Ashmolean Manuscript 48, ff. 140b, 141, a poem on Florida. The penmanship suggests the early part of the seventeenth century; certain stanzas are of prior origin.
Macgregor’S Invasion Of Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
Macgregor’S Invasion Of Florida, T. Frederick Davis
Florida Historical Quarterly
Gregor MacGregor was the grandson of Gregor MacGregor, the Scotchman, who enlisted in the Black Watch, then Semphill’s Highlanders, and was called in Gaelic “Gregor, the Beautiful.” When the regiment was first ordered to England, in 1743, “Gregor, the Beautiful” and two others were sent on in advance to London, so that the king of England, who was on the point of starting for the continent, might see some soldiers of the regiment before leaving. One of the men died en route, but MacGregor and the other were paraded before the king at St. James’s and gave an exhibition of …
General Gregor Macgregor,
2021
University of Central Florida
General Gregor Macgregor, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
This portrait of MacGregor was probably painted in 1821; it appears in Strangeways’ Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, published in London in 1822.
Verso,
2021
University of Central Florida
Verso, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Lists the Officers and Board of Directors for the Florida Historical Society, as well as membership fees.
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 7, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents
Membership Roll Of The Society,
2021
University of Central Florida
Membership Roll Of The Society, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
In Memoriam,
2021
University of Central Florida
In Memoriam, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
