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Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Anthropology in Florida Rhea M. Smith
The First Landing Place of Ponce de Leon in Florida (map) T. Frederick Davis
Walker Anderson, 1801-1857 Julia J. Yonge
The First Session of the Legislative Council of Florida
Records of Panton, Leslie and Company


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

William Pope DuVal (frontispiece)
William Pope DuVal, Pioneer and State Builder James Owen Knauss
An Expected Attack on Pensacola, 1816 A letter of John Innerarity
Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society

  • Minutes
  • Annual report of the acting president
  • Annual report of the treasurer


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Frederick C. Cubberly
Arthur T. Williams
How the Spaniards Evacuated Pensacola in 1763 Wilbur H. Siebert
The Wilderness and Spottsylvania May 4-12, 1864, Narrative of a private soldier, James W. Roberts
A Check List of Extant Florida Newspapers, 1845- 1876 Elmer J. Emig
Wilkinson’s Occupation of Mobile, April, 1813, A letter of James Innerarity to John Forbes


The Meaning Of Mcdonald's [(R)], Laura A. Heymann Sep 2020

The Meaning Of Mcdonald's [(R)], Laura A. Heymann

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The Selection Of Tallahassee As The Capital, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

The Selection Of Tallahassee As The Capital, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Mr. Wall, Chairman of a Special Committee on Examination of a Site for a Governor's Mansion, submitted the, following report: Sir— On the 15th of this month there was presented and read to this body a communication from the Council of the city of Tallahassee, in which they agree to give a "Fee Simple Title" to six town lots of land within the city for a Governor's Mansion, provided the Legislature will grant $20,000 to build the same. Therefore, I ask permission that the following history relative to these lands be presented in the Journal."


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

International Rivalry in the Creek Country Part I, The Ascendency of Alexander McGillivray 1783-1789 Lawrence Kinnaird
Sir John Hawkins in Florida Edgar Legare Pennington
The Forbes Purchase A letter from James Innerarity to William Simpson, 1804
A Historical Sketch of My Home Town, Dania Lilliam Jordan


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Slavery and White Servitude in East Florida, 1726- 1776 Wilbur H. Siebert
United States Troops in Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part V. T. Frederick Davis
The Archival Distribution of Florida Manuscripts James Alexander Robertson
Documents Relating to Colonel Edward Nicholls and Captain George Woodbine in Pensacola, 1814


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Battle of Olustee Col.. George F. Baltzell, U.S.A.
The New City of Pensacola, 1835-1837 Dorothy Dodd
Soldiers Connected With Florida History Since 1812 Gen. Charles P. Summerall
United States Troops in Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part IV. T. Frederick Davis
A Journal of John Forbes, May, 1803 The Seizure of William Augustus Bowles
Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society

  • Minutes
  • Annual Report of the President
  • Annual Report of the Treasurer
  • In Memoriam


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Letters of John Innerarity The Seizure of Pensacola by Andrew Jackson, November 7, 1814
United States Troops in Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part III T. Frederick Davis
The Significance of William Augustus Bowles’s Seizure of Panton’s Apalachee Store in 1792 Lawrence Kinnaird
New Members
Donations


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

United States Troops in Spanish East Florida, 1812- 1813 T. Frederick Davis
East Florida in the American Revolution, 1775-1778 Edgar Legare Pennington
Bernard Romans’s Map of Florida Engraved by Paul Revere, and Other Early Maps in the Library of The Florida Historical Society A. F. Harley
Book Review : Loyalists in East Florida, 1774 to 1785, By Wilbur H. Siebert Kathryn T. Abbey
New Members
Donations.


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 8, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 8, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

John Forbes & Co. vs. the Chickasaw Nation A Journal of an Indian Talk, 1805
Elotchaway, East Florida, 1814 T. Frederick Davis
Thomas Campbell to Lord Deane Gordon An Account of the Creek Indian Nation, 1764
Reverend John Forbes (d. 1783) Edgar Legare Pennington
Address of the “Principal Inhabitants of East Florida” to Governor Tonyn, June 6, 1783
Notes and Comment
Silver Spring


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Documents Relating to El Destino and Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1868. Part I Kathryn A. Abbey
St. Francis Barracks, St. Augustine; The Franciscans. in Florida Abbot Charles H. Mohr, O.S.B.
Jefferson County, Florida, 1827-1910, Part II Sanuel Pasco
Notes and Comment
New Members
Donations
Index to Volumes I-VI


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 8, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 8, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Documents Relating to El Destino and Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1874. Part IV Kathryn T. Abbey
Notes on the Life of James Grant Prior and Subsequent to His Governorship of East Florida Philip C. Tucker
Letter of Marcus C. Stephens (Quincy, Florida, 1835)
Notes and Comment
New Members
Donations


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 7, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 7, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

General Gregor MacGregor (frontispiece)
MacGregor’s Invasion of Florida T. Frederick Davis
An Early Poem on Florida Edgar Legare Pennington, Clark Sutherland Northup
The Seminole Indians of Florida Minnie Moore-Willson
Letters of Samuel Forry, Surgeon U. S. Army, 1837- 1838. Part III
Book Review The Spanish-American Frontier, 1783-1785 By Arthur Preston Whitaker Kathryn T. Abbey
New Members
Donations


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 6, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 6, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Florida Place-Names of Indian Origin FRANK DREW
Letters of Samuel Forry, Surgeon U. S. Army, 1837- 1838. Part II
Fort George (St. Michael), Pensacola FREDERICK CUBBERLY
Letter of James Monroe, Secretary of State, to George Matthews, April 4, 1812
The Annual Meeting of the Society

  • Minutes
  • Report of the president
  • Report of the treasurer

In Memoriam
Membership Roll of the Society


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Portrait of John C. McGehee (frontispiece).
Address of John C. McGehee Before the Southern Rights Association of Madison County, June 7, 1851. (From the original manuscript.)
John Quincy Adams and Florida. Frederick Cubberly
Francis Eppes (1801-1881), Pioneer of Florida. Mrs. Nicholas Ware Eppes
The Second Spanish-American War. A. H. Phinney
Henry Perrine, Pioneer Botanist and Horticulturist. Mrs. Sarah R. W. Palmer
Notes and Comment.


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Growth of Florida’s Election Laws. James Owen Knauss
Massacre at Indian Key, August 7,1840, and the Death of Dr. Henry Perrine. (Narrative of Hester Perrine Walker, a survivor)
Bacheller Essay Contest in Florida History. A. J. Hanna
A Letter of G. I. F. Clarke’s Relating to Port St. Joseph, East Florida (1823).
Letters Relating to MacGregor’s Attempted Conquest of East Florida, 1817.
Notes and Comment.


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Nine Old Wooden Forts of St. Augustine, Part II. Jeannette Thurber Connor
Some Florida Names of Indian Origin. Frank Drew
Documents Relating to Secession in Florida.
John C. McGehee. Rosa Galphin
Old Tiger Tail Dead.
The Annual Meeting of the Society.

  • Minutes.
  • Report of the president.
  • Report of the treasurer.

Notes and Comment.


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Nine Old Wooden Forts of St. Augustine. Jeanette Thurber Conner
English Map of Tampa Bay.
The First Spanish-American War. A. H. Phinney
Federal Raid on Tampa Bay, October, 1863.
The Occupation of Pensacola Bay, 1689-1700, Part III. William Edward Dunn
Notes and Comment.
Membership Roll of The Florida Historical Society.


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Notes on Secession in Tallahassee and Leon County.
The Truth Regarding “Tiger-Tail” Isabella M. Williams
The Occupation of Pensacola Bay, 1689-1698, Part II. William Edward Dunn
The Surrender of Amelia, March, 1812 (A letter written by G. I. F. Clarke)
New Books T. Frederick Davis, A History of Jacksonville, Florida. C. Seton Fleming
Notes and Comment


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Occupation of Pensacola Bay, 1689-1698 William Edward Dunn Ph.D.
Florida’s Spanish Missions A. H. Phinney, Ph.D.
Jacksonville and the Seminole War, Part III.
George I. F. Clarke C. Seton Fleming
The Settlement of Charlotia (Rolles Town), 1765 Carl Bohnenberger
Reviews of New Books Brevard, A History of Florida, by A. H. Roberts Eppes, The Negro of the Old South, by Catherine Z. Winters
Society Affairs


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Capital Removal
The Battleship Maine as a Florida State Board of Health Quarantine Vessel Joseph Y. Porter, M. D. Former Health Officer of Florida
Jacksonville and the Seminole War, 1835-1836, Part II
Education in Florida, 1821-1829 James O. Knauss, Ph. D., Professor European History and Political Science, Florida State College for Women
Proclamation of George III, R. (Upon the Acquisition of East and West Florida
Note and Comment


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Importance of Historical Societies James O. Knauss, Ph. D., Professor European History and Political Science, Florida State College for Women
Jacksonville and the Seminole War, 1835-1836, Part I Documents and contemporary newspaper accounts
Narvaez and DeSoto Their Landing Places and the Town of Espirito Santo . A. H. Phinney, Ph. D.
Address before the Florida Historical Society Duncan U. Fletcher, United States Senator
Some Officials of the City Government of Pensacola
Miami in 1843
Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Society Reports of the President and of the Treasurer
Membership List of the Society, January 1, 1925
Notes …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Notes
Colonial Florida By Louis J. Mendelis
Florida’s Great Seal : Its Historical Inaccuracies By T. Frederick Davis
Florida Against Georgia: A Story of the Boundary Dispute By Judge Fred. Cubberly
Indian Races of Florida By Judge Benjamin Harrison
Tallahassee in 1824-25 From “Pensacola Gazette.” 1825


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

In Memoriam. Francis Philip Fleming.
Pensacola-Its Early History. By Mrs. S. J. Gonzalez.
Senator Yulee. By C. Wickliffe Yulee.
Florida’s “State Library.”
An Indian Battlefield Near Melrose. By H. von Noszky.
An Appeal for Legislative Aid.
Editorial Notes.


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Richard Keith Call
The First Message of Gov. William P. Duval
The Selection of Tallahassee as the Capital (concluded)
Editorial Notes
George West Wilson
The Story of Juan Ortiz and Uleleh


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society Sep 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Prospectus.
Maj. George R. Fairbanks, by F. P. Fleming.
Report of the President to Annual Meeting 1907. Catalogue of Collections.
Origin of the Shell Mounds, by J. Y. Detwiler.
Indian Massacre in Gadsden County, by A. L. Woodward
Selection of Tallahassee as the Capital.


Marvin The Martian, Godzilla, And Other Purveyors Of Atomic Destruction, Bethany Underhill Sep 2020

Marvin The Martian, Godzilla, And Other Purveyors Of Atomic Destruction, Bethany Underhill

History in the Making

“Marvin the Martian, Godzilla, and other Purveyors of Atomic Destruction” examines the cultural impact of atomic testing as represented in popular culture. Children’s media, specifically served as a rich source of examples of atomic testing as presented to the general public. Research exposed a trend concerning to attitude toward atomic testing, and how this cultural attitude changed over time. This shift in attitude directly connects to the events surrounding a specific atomic test the Bravo Test in the Castle series. The context of the Castle Bravo test reveals the motivations for this change in attitude. The research encompasses an examination …


2020-2021 Ursinus College Course Catalogue, Office Of The Registrar Sep 2020

2020-2021 Ursinus College Course Catalogue, Office Of The Registrar

Ursinus College Catalogues, 1869-Present

A digital copy of the 2020-2021 Ursinus College Catalog. It contains details of the curriculum, departmental requirements and courses of instruction as well as the Open Questions core requirements, experiential learning and the Common Intellectual Experience (CIE). Academic policies, special opportunities and scholarships, off-campus programs and graduation requirements are also outlined.


Amjambo Africa! (September 2020), Kathreen Harrison Sep 2020

Amjambo Africa! (September 2020), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In This Issue...

Indigo Arts Alliance.....................p.2

publisher’s editorial.....................p.4

registering to vote.......................p.4

French............................................p.5

Swahili...........................................p.6

Somali............................................p.7

School resource officers ..............p.8

U.S.-Canada border.....................p.8

News from Africa.........................p.9

Finance/buying a home.............p.10

Guest columns..............11/14/20/21

World market basket...........p.12/13

Héritier Nosso............................p.15

Community org. News........p.16/17

Kinyarwanda..............................p.18

portuguese .................................p.19

outdoor learning.......................p.23

bus Shelters................................p.23