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A Topographical Memoir On East And West Florida With Itineraries (Continued), Hugh Young Dec 2020

A Topographical Memoir On East And West Florida With Itineraries (Continued), Hugh Young

Florida Historical Quarterly

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A Topographical Memoir On East And West Florida With Itineraries, Hugh Young Dec 2020

A Topographical Memoir On East And West Florida With Itineraries, Hugh Young

Florida Historical Quarterly

In a communication from General Jackson addressed to the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, from Fort Gadsden, May 5, 1818, there occurs the following statement: “For a detailed account of my movements from that period to this day, you are respectfully referred to the report prepared by my adjutant general, accompanied with Captain Hugh Young’s topographical sketch of the route and distance performed”. This evidently refers to the memoir and itineraries here presented.

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The Manufacture Of Cotton In Florida Before And During The Civil War, Dorothy Dodd Dec 2020

The Manufacture Of Cotton In Florida Before And During The Civil War, Dorothy Dodd

Florida Historical Quarterly

The fluctuating price of cotton in the 1840’s caused the cotton planters of Florida, like their brethren in other parts of the South, to consider ways in which they might stabilize the price of their staple crop in order to stave off economic ruin. 1 Numerous proposals were made to this end, 2 but none met with more widespread response throughout the South than that. of bringing the cotton mill to the cotton field by establishing cotton manufactories throughout the cotton producing regions.

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The Florida Intrigues Of Jose Alvarez De Toledo, Joseph B. Lockey Dec 2020

The Florida Intrigues Of Jose Alvarez De Toledo, Joseph B. Lockey

Florida Historical Quarterly

This article is an outgrowth of an extended project undertaken by the writer for the Florida State Historical Society. The material upon which it is based consists in part of photostatic reproductions of documents provided by this Society, and in part of like material loaned by the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The Research Board of the University of California has generously given the project financial support. To all these agencies the writer acknowledges his indebtedness.

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The Panton, Leslie Papers: James Innerarity To John Forbes, James Innerarity Dec 2020

The Panton, Leslie Papers: James Innerarity To John Forbes, James Innerarity

Florida Historical Quarterly

This letter is in continuation of the series of records of Panton, Leslie & Co. and its successor, John Forbes & Co., the publication of which has been continuous in the Quarterly. These are in the possession of Mrs. John W. Greenslade who has transcribed them.

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Apalachee During The Brisih Occupation, R. E. Pittman Dec 2020

Apalachee During The Brisih Occupation, R. E. Pittman

Florida Historical Quarterly

According to Prof. F. H. Hodder, in the introduction to his reprint of Pittman’s work entitled “The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi,” there are but few available biographical data pertaining to Pittman. Hodder there presents such information as he was able to collect. Apparently Pittman must have accompanied the first British detachment occupying Florida, he states that he “resided four years as an engineer in those parts” and it is known that he left towards the close of 1768. Apparently during 1767 he was occupied in making surveys in different parts of West Florida, as records …

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Edmund Ruffin's Account Of The Florida Secession Convention, 1861, Edmund Ruffin Dec 2020

Edmund Ruffin's Account Of The Florida Secession Convention, 1861, Edmund Ruffin

Florida Historical Quarterly

The following account of the Florida secession convention is taken from the manuscript diary of Edmund Ruffin in the Library of Congress. Ruffin was perhaps the most eminent southern authority on agriculture in the twenty years preceding the Civil War and his experiments in soil fertility, described in his Essays on Calcareous Manures and in the columns of the Farmers’ Register which he edited, brought an agricultural renaissance to his native Virginia. Ruffin early became convinced that the interests of the agricultural South demanded that she cut loose from the Industrial North and form a Southern Confederacy. So ardent were …

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Letters Of John Innerarity And A. H. Gordon, John Innerarity Dec 2020

Letters Of John Innerarity And A. H. Gordon, John Innerarity

Florida Historical Quarterly

These letters are in continuation of the series of documents, survivals of the records of Panton, Leslie & Co., the publication of which has been continuous in the Quarterly. They are in the possession of Mrs. John W. Greenslade, who has transcribed them.

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Records Of Panton, Leslie And Company, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Records Of Panton, Leslie And Company, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

These documents are in continuation of the series, survivals of the records of Panton, Leslie & Co. and its successor John Forbes & Co., the publication of which has been continuous in the QUARTERLY. These are in the possession of Mrs. John W. Greenslade who has transcribed them.

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The First Session Of The Legislative Council Of Florida, James C. Bronaugh Dec 2020

The First Session Of The Legislative Council Of Florida, James C. Bronaugh

Florida Historical Quarterly

The legislative council of Florida met and organized at Pensacola on the 22d July. The governor administered the oath to the members to support the constitution of the United States, &c. A motion was made by Mr. Miller to proceed to elect. a president-the council adjourned without going into an election. On the 23d the council having met, Mr. Bronaugh was called to the chair, when they proceeded to elect a president, and the choice was unanimous of James C. Bronaugh, esq. of Pensacola.

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Walker Anderson, 1801-1857, Julia J. Yonge Dec 2020

Walker Anderson, 1801-1857, Julia J. Yonge

Florida Historical Quarterly

Among the leaders of men who worked to lay the foundation for Florida’s statehood and her subsequent growth, Walker Anderson must not be forgotten.

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Anthropology In Florida, Rhea M. Smith Dec 2020

Anthropology In Florida, Rhea M. Smith

Florida Historical Quarterly

Any attempt to investigate the origin and customs of the aborigines of Florida through reliance on written materials is almost immediately frustrated by the paucity of such material and the scantiness of data available. Even an attempt to summarize the work done by field investigators leads to the baffling task of trying to reconcile conflicting theories, a condition that arises from the fact that the conclusions reached as to the origin, antiquity, and life of the early peoples of Florida are so indefinite. Yet there are few regions in the United States more abundantly supplied with mounds that call for …

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William Pope Duval: Pioneer And State Builder, James Owen Knauss Dec 2020

William Pope Duval: Pioneer And State Builder, James Owen Knauss

Florida Historical Quarterly

The life of William Pope DuVal, the first civil governor of the territory of Florida, should be an attractive study for anyone who is interested in the colorful characters of our frontier history. He belongs to the same class of pioneers as Sam Houston of Texas. Frontiersmen of this type not only were among the vanguard as settlers but also remained long in the new settlements as leaders in their development. Hence, a study of DuVal’s life, while interesting for many reasons, is particularly important because it enables us to see a cross section of the history of Florida between …

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General Wilkinson's Occupation Of Mobile, April 1813, James Innerarity Dec 2020

General Wilkinson's Occupation Of Mobile, April 1813, James Innerarity

Florida Historical Quarterly

This letter is in continuation of the series of documents, survivals of the records of Panton, Leslie and Company preserved by the family of John Innerarity, a partner of that firm and its successor John Forbes and Company, the publication of which has been continuous in the QUARTERLY. These are in the possession of Mrs. John W. Greenslade, who has transcribed them.

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How The Spaniards Evacuated Pensacola In 1763, Wilbur H. Siebert Dec 2020

How The Spaniards Evacuated Pensacola In 1763, Wilbur H. Siebert

Florida Historical Quarterly

The documents on which this article is based are all contained in Folder 228, General Archives of the Indies, Seville (Santo Domingo, Louisiana and Florida, 86-7-11).

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A Letter Of James Innerarity Of William Panton's Estate, John Innerarity Dec 2020

A Letter Of James Innerarity Of William Panton's Estate, John Innerarity

Florida Historical Quarterly

This letter is in continuation of the series of documents, survivals of the records of Panton, Leslie and Co. preserved by the family of John Innerarity, a partner of that firm, the publication of which has been continuous in the QUARTERLY. These are in the possession of Mrs. John W. Greenslade, who has transcribed them.

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International Rivalry In The Creek Country Part I, The Ascendency Of Alexander Mcgillivray 1783-1789, Lawrence Kinnaird Dec 2020

International Rivalry In The Creek Country Part I, The Ascendency Of Alexander Mcgillivray 1783-1789, Lawrence Kinnaird

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Creek nation with its lands situated in regions claimed both by Spain and the United States occupied a strategic position at the close of the War of the American Revolution. Since no treaty existed between the two countries the question of boundaries was left entirely for future determination. The Spaniards desired to extend the limits of the Floridas as far northward as possible; while the Americans wished to establish the boundary near the Gulf as specified in the treaty with Great Britain.

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United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-13, Part V, T. Frederick Davis Dec 2020

United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-13, Part V, T. Frederick Davis

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the preceding issues of the QUARTERLY, starting with July, 1930, we followed the career of a detachment of United States regulars during their occupancy of Spanish East Florida beginning March 18, 1812, as told by their commander, Col. Thomas A. Smith, in his official and semi-official correspondence, much of which has never appeared in print before. The last issue brought the story to the time when Col. Smith turned the command over to Maj. Lawrence Manning, of the 8th U.S. Infantry, and bade adieu to the little detachment that he had led into the Spanish province more than a …

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The Patriot War, A Contemporaneous Letter, Belton A. Copp Dec 2020

The Patriot War, A Contemporaneous Letter, Belton A. Copp

Florida Historical Quarterly

This letter is one of a series on the same subject, the others of which have appeared ox will appear in the QUARTERLY. The original of this one is in the Bureau of Index and Archives, Department of State, Washington, D. C.

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Fort King, Frederick Cubberly Dec 2020

Fort King, Frederick Cubberly

Florida Historical Quarterly

Unmarked and almost forgotten the site of Fort King, one of the historic spots of Florida, is to be found three miles east of Ocala. Established about one hundred years ago, the place was for many years the center of affairs concerning the Florida Indians. For many months during the year 1835 news from Fort King was anxiously awaited in Washington by the Administration and to this point the President of the United States and his Secretary of War dispatched many messages, or talks as the Indians described them; and from Fort King came back the reports from the Indian …

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The Second Spanish-American War, A. H. Phinney Dec 2020

The Second Spanish-American War, A. H. Phinney

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the January number last there appeared an article by A. H. Phinney relating to the attempted seizure of St. Augustine in the year 1812 by United States troops and gunboats. The article was entitled THE FIRST SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. The following paper is a resume by the same author of an analogous incident in Florida history - the raid into Florida in the year 1818 by General Andrew Jackson.

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John Quincy Adams And Florida, Frederick Cubberly Dec 2020

John Quincy Adams And Florida, Frederick Cubberly

Florida Historical Quarterly

It has been said that the defiant patriotism of John Quincy Adams secured to the United States possession of Florida. It settled, after years of controversy, the long standing differences between Spain and this country. The student of history who takes the trouble to search for details of the many transactions and negotiations that resulted in the Florida provinces coming under the American flag will find that the skillful diplomacy of Adams resulted in settling for all time the sovereignty of Spain on the North American Continent.

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Letters Relating To Macgregor's Attempted Conquest Of East Florida, 1817, J. Skinner Dec 2020

Letters Relating To Macgregor's Attempted Conquest Of East Florida, 1817, J. Skinner

Florida Historical Quarterly

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A Letter Of G. I. F. Clarke's Relating To Port St. Joseph, East Florida, George I. F. Clarke Dec 2020

A Letter Of G. I. F. Clarke's Relating To Port St. Joseph, East Florida, George I. F. Clarke

Florida Historical Quarterly

From the original in Bureau of Index and Archives, Department of State. Washington, D. C. Other letters of Clarke’s, also relating to the disturbances in East Florida, 1811-1818, were published in the QUARTERLY in July and in October, 1925; and still others, of which the originals are in the collection of the Society, will appear in future issues.

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Massacre At Indian Key, August 7, 1840 And The Death Of Doctor Henry Perrine, Hester Perrine Walker Dec 2020

Massacre At Indian Key, August 7, 1840 And The Death Of Doctor Henry Perrine, Hester Perrine Walker

Florida Historical Quarterly

While at Campeachy, (1827-1838), where he served as United States consul, Dr. Henry Perrine, a native of New York City and a physician and botanist, determined to devote the remainder of his life to introducing and endeavoring to acclimatize useful tropical plants in semi-tropical Florida. He studied the matter and made collections of plants and seeds. The United States Congress, by an act approved July 7, 1898, made a conditional grant to Dr. Perrine and his associates of a township of land in South Florida, to be selected by him; the Senate Committee on Agriculture having reported “. . . …

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Documents Relating To Secession In Florida, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Documents Relating To Secession In Florida, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

These documents are of great historical value, for, so far as known, none are of record, nor have any been published heretofore. The originals have been preserved in the family of John C. McGehee, president of the Florida secession convention. They are now in the possession of his niece, Rosa Galphin, of Fernandina, a student at the Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee. A sketch of Judge McGehee follows, written by Miss Galphin.

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The Occupation Of Pensacola Bay, 1689-1700, Part Iii, William Edward Dunn Dec 2020

The Occupation Of Pensacola Bay, 1689-1700, Part Iii, William Edward Dunn

Florida Historical Quarterly

The foregoing account is based chiefly on the following: Arriola to the viceroy, June 4, 1700; Franck to the king, June 4, 1700. Additional details are given in the French sources in Margry, Decouvertes et Etablissmentes des Francais, iv, p. 368 et seq.

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Federal Raid On Tampa Bay, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Federal Raid On Tampa Bay, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

On the twelfth instant, the United States gunboat Tahoma, Lieutenant-Commander Semmes, after three months’ repairing and preparation, and taking on board a two-hundred-pound Parrott rifle, left here for Tampa Bay, arriving on the evening of the thirteenth, where she found the United States steamer Adela, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Stodder, and schooners Stonewall Jackson and Ariel, blockading.

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The First Spanish-American War, A. H. Phinney Dec 2020

The First Spanish-American War, A. H. Phinney

Florida Historical Quarterly

This is a better title for a story of the disturbance that occurred in Florida in 1812 than the one usually given to it, viz: The Patriot War. The so-called patriots were nearly all citizens of the United States from Georgia and Tennessee. They were supported by soldiers and gunboats of the United States. They were under the orders of an agent of the United States and were financed, by the United States. That the events did not provoke a real war between Spain and this country is only explained by the fact that Spain had been drained of men …

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The Occupation Of Pensacola Bay, 1689-0698, Part Ii, William Edward Dunn Dec 2020

The Occupation Of Pensacola Bay, 1689-0698, Part Ii, William Edward Dunn

Florida Historical Quarterly

There were two purposes in the coming of the Spaniards to America. One was the desire for gain; the other the hope of making Christians of the natives. Unfortunately the two conflicted. The fierce desire for gold, that led to the inhuman treatment of the Indians, for a time rendered of no avail the efforts of the priests.

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