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Governor Folch And The Burr Conspiracy, Adam Szaszdi Apr 2021

Governor Folch And The Burr Conspiracy, Adam Szaszdi

Florida Historical Quarterly

The strange episode of American history, the Burr conspiracy, can be considered nowadays a well-known story, and the more so since the publication of Professor Abernethy’s work, The Burr Conspiracy (1954). However, even though pertinent Spanish documents have been taken into consideration, the usual tendency is to view the subject from the perspective of those operating within the United States. Therefore, it should be an interesting experiment to cross the Florida boundary and place ourselves in the shoes of the Spanish authorities of that time.

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Suggestions For Research In The Culture And Society Of A Spanish Florida, William B. Griffen Apr 2021

Suggestions For Research In The Culture And Society Of A Spanish Florida, William B. Griffen

Florida Historical Quarterly

Florida was established as a functional part of the Spanish colonies in 1565. Saint Augustine was from the beginning the focal point of the Spanish Empire in Florida from which the social and cultural influences of the Iberian civilizers were radiated into the hinterland, transforming to some degree both the physical environment and the human groups bearing different ways of life which were encountered. But, not only from the standpoint of Spanish-Indian culture contact and acculturation does early Florida hold interest for the anthropologist. The imported European culture is also of tremendous importance to be understood in the development of …

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Henry M. Flagler - Railroad Builder, Carlton J. Corliss Apr 2021

Henry M. Flagler - Railroad Builder, Carlton J. Corliss

Florida Historical Quarterly

One cannot visit this storied city of Saint Augustine without recalling its long and romantic past under the flags of Spain and France and England and its exciting territorial years under the American flag.

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The Journals Of Lieutenant John Pickell, 1836-1837, Frank L. White, Jr. Apr 2021

The Journals Of Lieutenant John Pickell, 1836-1837, Frank L. White, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

During the summer of 1837, virtually all military operations against the Seminoles ceased. For several months after General Thomas S. Jesup’s agreement with the Indians in March, only sporadic fighting had occurred in Florida. The Army was employed in encouraging the Indians to assemble for emigration to the West as provided by the truce and in exploring the country. At the same time, however, additional troops were arriving to resume hostilities, if this should become necessary. The Seminoles, on the other hand, used this period to delay their embarkation and at the same time to continue their attacks upon white …

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Trade Relations Between Southwestern Florida And Cuba, 1600-1840, James W. Covington Apr 2021

Trade Relations Between Southwestern Florida And Cuba, 1600-1840, James W. Covington

Florida Historical Quarterly

When Cuba had been settled by the Spanish, heavy inroads were made into the nearby supply of edible fish, and the Havana fishing interests were forced to look elsewhere for a ready source. Southwestern Florida with its almost inexhaustible schools of drum, redfish, mullet, pompano, and grouper was situated only a short distance away and easily fitted into the Havana market situation. The combination of the excellent Cuban market and the nearby available supply of edible fish proved to be a business opportunity which would be profitable for many years for the inhabitants of both the island of Cuba and …

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Manrique De Rojas' Report On French Settlement In Florida, Lucy L. Wenhold Apr 2021

Manrique De Rojas' Report On French Settlement In Florida, Lucy L. Wenhold

Florida Historical Quarterly

The French Huguenot Jean Ribaut had led an expedition to Florida in 1562, where he set up stone columns bearing the arms of France and established the tiny settlement of Charlesfort at Port Royal. Philip II of Spain protested to the French government against this threat to Spanish trade and territorial claims, and then, in 1563, he directed the governor of Cuba to remove the French markers and to destroy the French fort. The mission was assigned by the governor of Cuba to Hernando Manrique de Rojas. Captain Manrique’s instructions and his report, given here in translation, were taken from …

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Contributors, R. W. Patrick Apr 2021

Contributors, R. W. Patrick

Florida Historical Quarterly

This double numbered Pensacola Quadricentennial issue of the Quarterly was planned and edited by Julien C. Yonge. For thirty-one years, 1924-1955, Mr. Yonge edited the Florida Historical Quarterly. As Editor Emeritus, and in addition to his duties as Director of the P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History, he prepared an index to the first thirty-five volumes of the Quarterly. The Index, Volumes I-XXXV was published in 1958.

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Railroads Out Of Pensacola, 1833-1883, Charles H. Hildreth Apr 2021

Railroads Out Of Pensacola, 1833-1883, Charles H. Hildreth

Florida Historical Quarterly

The opening of the three-mile Quincy [Mass.] Railroad in 1827 marked a general change of emphasis in transportation in the United States. Visionaries suffering from “canal fever” discovered “railroad fever” to be an excellent antidote for the disease and one which allowed the mind to envision schemes not limited by the natural waterways of the nation. Florida, a part of the Union for slightly more than a decade, became the setting in 1833, for one of the most ambitious of these early plans.

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Battle Of Santa Rosa Island, J. L. Larkin Apr 2021

Battle Of Santa Rosa Island, J. L. Larkin

Florida Historical Quarterly

Presumably as an attempt to take Fort Pickens, though this was denied by the Confederates, an attack was made on the night of October 9 (1861) on the encampment of Federal troops on Santa Rosa Island east of the fort.

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Ante-Bellum Pensacola: 1821-1860, Herbert J. Doherty, Jr. Apr 2021

Ante-Bellum Pensacola: 1821-1860, Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

The morning sun over Pensacola on July 17, 1821, shone on a scene of historic pageantry not since repeated in Florida’s history. During the early hours of that day a full company of Spanish troops, dismounted dragoons of the regiment of Tarragona who were elegantly clad and equipped, paraded in the plaza before the Government House. A few miles away, through the flat piney woods, came elements of the Fourth United States Infantry and Fourth United States Artillery regiments with flags flying and band playing. At their heads rode the gaunt gray figure of Andrew Jackson. After almost two months …

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Pensacola During The Second Spanish Period, L. N. Mcalister Apr 2021

Pensacola During The Second Spanish Period, L. N. Mcalister

Florida Historical Quarterly

On the first day of January, 1777, an event in New Orleans was to have important consequences for the history of Pensacola: Bernardo de Galvez formally assumed the governorship of Louisiana. Galvez was typical of the colonial officials who were appointed during that Indian Summer of Spanish Imperial history, the reign of Charles III. A career officer in the royal armies, he had already distinguished himself in several theaters: first in Portugal, then in Mexico against the Indians on the northern frontier where, under his famous uncle Jose de Galvez, he displayed those traits of energy, initiative, and leadership which …

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Spanish Pensacola, 1700-1763, William B. Griffen Apr 2021

Spanish Pensacola, 1700-1763, William B. Griffen

Florida Historical Quarterly

After more than a decade of explorations by Spain along the north and east shores of the Gulf of Mexico, a garrison has founded with all urgency at a bay called Pensacola* in the latter part of the year 1698 in an effort to keep other foreign powers, namely France and England, from obtaining a foothold in the region. These enemies of the Spanish dominions, so thought the Spaniards, would thus be obstructed from an area from which they could attack Spanish shipping and from which they would be able to penetrate and usurp portions of the northern Spanish colonies, …

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Florida Bibliography And Historiography, Florida Historical Society Apr 2021

Florida Bibliography And Historiography, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

I. The Development of Knowledge Regarding the Florida Indians; II. Writings In Florida History on the Period 1821-1860; III. Historical Writing on Twentieth Century Florida

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Florida Pioneer, Adelaide H. Reed Apr 2021

Florida Pioneer, Adelaide H. Reed

Florida Historical Quarterly

Whether the source of the Manatee River was really the “Fountain of Youth” for which Ponce de Leon searched in vain is a question for historians - or geographers - to argue about. But, in its early days, the little town of Manatee really did have a “Fountain of Youth.” At least, it was named that. It was not exactly a fountain, but a little spring of clear, cold water bubbling up out of the ground, with a gourd hung on a nearby oak tree from which to drink.

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What Became Of The Man Who Cut Off Jenkins' Ear?, Edward W. Lawson Apr 2021

What Became Of The Man Who Cut Off Jenkins' Ear?, Edward W. Lawson

Florida Historical Quarterly

Almost all histories mention the unfortunate experience of Master Robert Jenkins who achieved fame by giving his name to the War of Jenkins’ Ear. Some even tell that the man who removed Jenkins’ auricle was called Fandino, captain of a Spanish Coast Guard. What ultimately became of Fandino remains a mystery. He deserves better recognition in the history of Florida, for it was he who was largely responsible for the failure of General James Oglethorpe to capture St. Augustine’s Castillo de San Marcos, and hence the abandonment of the siege of our oldest city by the English in 1740.

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The Grizzly, April 15, 2021, Simra Mariam, Marie Sykes, Jenna Smith, Shelsea Deravil, Claude Wolfer, Morgan Grabowski, Layla Halterman, Ava Compagnoni Apr 2021

The Grizzly, April 15, 2021, Simra Mariam, Marie Sykes, Jenna Smith, Shelsea Deravil, Claude Wolfer, Morgan Grabowski, Layla Halterman, Ava Compagnoni

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

A Disturbing Night on Main Street • Interview With a Student Athlete • Dining Dollars Meal Plan Extended • Ursinus College Student Government and Their Email, "The Purpose of Break Days" • Interview With Abbie Painter From Naked Lake • Tau Sigma Gamma • Opinion: Backlash From Ursinus' Admitted Students Day; The Power of a Morning Routine • Baseball Looks to What is to Come • Bears, Bullets and Gus the Goose

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1990'S Archdiocese Of Santa Fe Sex Abuse, Edgar Romero Ramos Apr 2021

1990'S Archdiocese Of Santa Fe Sex Abuse, Edgar Romero Ramos

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

In light of the sexual abuse allegations posed against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2018; it seemed appropriate to delve into a deeper historical narrative regarding the first wave of sexual abuse allegations posed against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

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Some Letters To His Parents By A Floridian In The Confederate Army, Gilbert Wright Apr 2021

Some Letters To His Parents By A Floridian In The Confederate Army, Gilbert Wright

Florida Historical Quarterly

The nineteen to twenty-two-year-old author of the letters that follow was destined, after the Civil War, to become a distinguished citizen of his native state. His death in 1908 was mourned by many hundreds “in all walks of life.” He had been active for more than forty years in the railroad enterprise, so important to the development of Florida. His rise in a few decades from clerk to first vice president in the Florida railroad world gave evidence that he possessed qualities for leadership. One may perceive, without reading between the lines, that the young soldier had these qualities.

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Letters From The Second Seminole War, John K. Mahon Apr 2021

Letters From The Second Seminole War, John K. Mahon

Florida Historical Quarterly

These pages are built around fragments drawn from the letters and diary entries written by Joseph R. Smith. They contain nothing important enough to require a reinterpretation of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842; indeed they have little significance except that they enlarge the printed record left by the people who lived at that time. This record helps us, in spite of the one hundred and thirty years lying between, to bring to life their interesting era.

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Florida Reconstruction Impeachments, Cortez A. M. Ewing Apr 2021

Florida Reconstruction Impeachments, Cortez A. M. Ewing

Florida Historical Quarterly

The impeachment of Governor Harrison Reed not only contributes an interesting chapter to the history of Reconstruction but it also offers a number of novel precedents to the history of American impeachments. Throughout his gubernatorial term (1868-1872), Reed fought a consistent and courageous struggle against carpetbag politicians in Florida. I know of no other state or national civil officer against whom the impeachment remedy was so frequently attempted. On four occasions, he was threatened with legislative removal. Twice the lower house passed impeachment resolutions. Finally, in the last year of his term, his enemies voted a bona fide and legal …

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Letters Of A Carpetbagger In Florida, 1866-1869, George E. Osborn Apr 2021

Letters Of A Carpetbagger In Florida, 1866-1869, George E. Osborn

Florida Historical Quarterly

These letters, written by Daniel Richards to Elihu B. Washburne, throw considerable light on the hectic days of Reconstruction in Florida. Not only do these friendly messages reveal much of what the author actually witnessed of the United States military occupation in the peninsula state but a number of referenes are made to the chaotic economic conditions which existed generally at that time. Although Florida had fewer Negroes in proportion to population than some of the former Confederate states, the problem of relations between the races was one with great complexities. At least some of the obstacles to the establishment …

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Civil War Operations In And Around Pensacola, Edwin C. Bearrs Apr 2021

Civil War Operations In And Around Pensacola, Edwin C. Bearrs

Florida Historical Quarterly

Entering Pensacola Harbor from the Gulf of Mexico in 1861 one would have seen, as he crossed the ba , Fort McRee immediately on his left on the main land or west shore of the bay and to the right Fort Pickens on the western extremity of Santa Rosa Island. This island, lying approximately parallel to the shore of the mainland, is nearly forty miles long and is separated from the mainland by Pensacola Bay. On the mainland opposite Fort Pickens and at a distance of about one and one-half miles stood Fort Barrancas and about another one and one-half …

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The Civil War Letters Of August Henry Mathers, Franklin A. Doty Apr 2021

The Civil War Letters Of August Henry Mathers, Franklin A. Doty

Florida Historical Quarterly

The writer of the letters which follow was born in Monticello, Florida, on April 25, 1825, the son of William Henry Mathers, Jr., and Elizabeth Clarke Mathers. The details of his early education are not known. He was married on October 28, 1848, to Mary Ann Cooper, daughter of Dr. James A. Cooper, originally of Farmington, Georgia, and Elizabeth White Cooper. The young couple lived a while in Madison, Florida, before removing to Micanopy where Mathers, together with his father-m-law, opened a drug store in 1853, known in later years as the “Old Reliable Micanopy Drug Store.”

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Apr 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of Latin America, A History. By Alfred Barnaby Thomas. (New York, The Macmillan Company, 1956. xiii, 801, pp. $6.50.); Reminiscences of Big I. By William Nathaniel Wood. Edited by Bell Irvin Wiley. (Jackson, Tenn., McCowat-Mercer Press, 1956. 138 pp. Illustrations, appendix. $3.95.); Steamboats in the Hyacinths. By Ella Teague de Berard. (Daytona Beach, College Publishing Company, 1956. 64 pp. $2.00.)

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Indian Presents: To Give Or Not To Give: Governor Whites's Quandary, Richard K. Murdoch Apr 2021

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 …

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The Trials Of Captain Don Isidoro De Leon, Lucy L. Wenhold Apr 2021

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.”

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Alabama And West Florida, Hugh C. Bailey Apr 2021

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 …

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The Florida Plan: An Ante-Bellum Effort To Control Cotton Sales, Weymouth T. Jordan Apr 2021

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 …

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News And Notes, Florida Historical Society Apr 2021

News And Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Gifts, news of the Society, local and regional historical societies

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The Background Of The Greek Settlers In The New Smyrna Colony, E. P. Panagopoulos Apr 2021

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 …

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