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John Westcott’S Plan For Public Education In Florida, 1844, Nita Katharine Pyburn Mar 2021

John Westcott’S Plan For Public Education In Florida, 1844, Nita Katharine Pyburn

Florida Historical Quarterly

In 1843 the Legislative Council of Florida passed two acts pertaining to education ; one providing that “the sheriff of the several counties . . . be Commissioners of school’lands in their respective counties.” Each was to rent or lease the land and retain ten percent as commission. The remainder of the proceeds was to be paid to the county treasurer at the beginning of the year. The county court was to appropriate the fun.ds thus accruing “to the education of the poor children of the County in which such land was situated.“l In 1844 another act was passed which …

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A Connecticut Yankee Fights At Olustee: Letters From The Front, Vaughn D. Bornet Mar 2021

A Connecticut Yankee Fights At Olustee: Letters From The Front, Vaughn D. Bornet

Florida Historical Quarterly

Olustee was the most important battle of the War for Southern Independence in Florida. While the Union army under Brigadier General Truman Seymour was not “completely defeated, with . . . utter rout," it was a severe setback in the plan of the administration for separating Florida from the Confederacy. If the effort had been successful, the political and economic results would have been serious for the South.

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William Dunnington Bloxham: The Years To The Governorship, Ruby Leach Carson Mar 2021

William Dunnington Bloxham: The Years To The Governorship, Ruby Leach Carson

Florida Historical Quarterly

If any contemporaries of William D. Bloxham (1835-1911) made any inquiries concerning the family background of Florida’s two-term governor, they left no record of his ancestry. As the son of a Leon county planter, born and reared in the heart of the political scene in Florida, his presence required no explanation. The War for Southern Independence, and then Reconstruction, of epic importance, engrossed men’s thoughts. Even Bloxham’s activity in statecraft was sufficiently important and picturesque to focus journalistic attention upon the man’s achievements almost to the exclusion of his earlier background.

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Taylor County History And Civil War Deserters, W. T. Cash Mar 2021

Taylor County History And Civil War Deserters, W. T. Cash

Florida Historical Quarterly

When Florida seceded from the Union, Taylor county was four years old, it having been created from Madison county on December 23, 1856. As a functioning political unit its age was at least six months less, for the members of its first board of county commissioners were not qualified until March 27, 1857, and its first judge of probate, one of whose duties was to preside at board meetings, was not commissioned until July 4, following.

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Early Education In Tallahassee And The West Florida Seminary Now Florida State University, Part I, William G. Dodd Mar 2021

Early Education In Tallahassee And The West Florida Seminary Now Florida State University, Part I, William G. Dodd

Florida Historical Quarterly

The school problems of early Tallahassee, after a long process of trial and error, were finally solved by the establishment, on January 1, 1857, of the West Florida Seminary. Though the Seminary was nominally a State institution, actually for many years nearly all of its students were from Tallahassee and vicinity, and it was to all intents and purposes a Tallahassee school. With its location in the town, citizens were at last assured of a permanent means of educating their sons, and a little later, their daughters also. Until this fortunate event, Tallahassee, like the other towns of the Territory …

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The Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Includes minutes, report of the treasurer, membership report, and accessions to the library

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Essay On Middle Florida (Essai Sur La Floride Du Milieu), Comte De Castelnau Mar 2021

Essay On Middle Florida (Essai Sur La Floride Du Milieu), Comte De Castelnau

Florida Historical Quarterly

Translated by Arthur R. Seymour (Note-This essay was published in Nouvelles Annales des Voyages et des Sciences Geographiques, cx, vol. iv (1843) pp. 129-208. It will be followed in subsequent issues of the QUARTERLY by extracts translated from “Vues et Souvenirs de l’Amerique du Nord,” also by Francis de Castelnau (Paris, 1842), descriptive of eleven plates (of thirty-five in the volume) which are of Florida interest. Seven of these will be reproduced. There will be published also a translation of “Note de deux Itineraries de Charleston a Tallahassee” by the same author, which appeared in Bulletin de la Societe de …

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More About Dr. John Gorrie And Refrigeration, Ruth E. Mier Mar 2021

More About Dr. John Gorrie And Refrigeration, Ruth E. Mier

Florida Historical Quarterly

The principal source of the numerous brief sketches that have been written on the life of Dr. John Gorrie is four articles appearing in Ice and Refrigeration, of Chicago; and the first of these was, in the main, the source of the other three. Captain George H. Whiteside, whose brother Samuel J. Whiteside was a friend and contemporary of Dr. Gorrie’s, was the author of that article, entitled “Dr. John Gorrie, Sketch of the Career of the Original Inventor of the Ice Machine or Device for the Mechanical Production of Ice and Refrigeration.” His admiration for the man whose name …

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From Pensacola To St. Augustine In 1827: A Journey Of The Rt. Rev. Michael Portier, Michael Portier Mar 2021

From Pensacola To St. Augustine In 1827: A Journey Of The Rt. Rev. Michael Portier, Michael Portier

Florida Historical Quarterly

Michel Portier was born in Montbrison, France, in 1795. Entering the priesthood, he came to the United States in 1817, and in 1826 was made first Vicar Apostolic of the newly created vicariate of Alabama and the Floridas, in which there were but three parishes: Mobile, Pensacola and St. Augustine. It was Bishop Portier who in 1830 established Spring Hill College at Mobile, the influence of which on education in the South has been felt for more than a century. This account of his journey across Florida was written in French and published in Annales de la Propagation de la …

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The Episode Of Osceola’S Wife, Kenneth W. Porter Mar 2021

The Episode Of Osceola’S Wife, Kenneth W. Porter

Florida Historical Quarterly

One of the best-known stories connected with the Seminole War is that the intense hostility of Osceola, the young Indian leader whose name is known in this relationship almost to the exclusion of all others, was in large measure due to the seizure and carrying away into bondage of his young wife, whose mother was a runaway slave. This story is commonly found not only in Florida guide-books and popular accounts of the Seminole Indians, but also in standard histories. It has come to be accepted as a fact requiring no special reference.

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The Everglades Before Reclamation, J. E. Dovell Mar 2021

The Everglades Before Reclamation, J. E. Dovell

Florida Historical Quarterly

This account of the Everglades and their early history is one result of the author’s extensive research into all available sources. The full story of the Everglades including reclamation is the subject of an unpublished dissertation by the author which was accepted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina.

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The Florida Historical Society: Report Of The Long-Range Committee, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The Florida Historical Society: Report Of The Long-Range Committee, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Stephen Russell Mallory Part Ii, Occie Clubbs Mar 2021

Stephen Russell Mallory Part Ii, Occie Clubbs

Florida Historical Quarterly

Of those who have been identified with early Key West, one who has been given highest acclaim is Ellen Mallory, Stephen R. Mallory’s mother.

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Stephen Russell Mallory, Occie Clubbs Mar 2021

Stephen Russell Mallory, Occie Clubbs

Florida Historical Quarterly

Perhaps Charles Mallory, as he worked at his carpenter’s bench somewhere in New England, dreamed that some day he might have a son to work beside him or to follow him at the same bench; and later, now a building superintendent and contractor in the island of Trinidad off the coast of South America, he may have dreamed again that the little Stephen playing about his shop or office, might become a great man. But if so, the reality far surpassed his dreams-for the boy became a member of the foremost legislative body of the world, and later was one …

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The City Of Wreckers: Two Key West Letters Of 1838, Kenneth Scott Mar 2021

The City Of Wreckers: Two Key West Letters Of 1838, Kenneth Scott

Florida Historical Quarterly

At the time of the war with the Seminoles a northern attorney, Charles Walker, spent some time at Key West. While there he sent two detailed letters to an uncle and aunt, Timothy Walker and his wife, Lydia, in his native Concord, New Hampshire. The pleasing style and keen observation of the writer afford a vivid picture of Key West shortly before 1840.

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Notes On The “Catalogo De Los Fondos De Las Floridas", Albert C. Manucy Mar 2021

Notes On The “Catalogo De Los Fondos De Las Floridas", Albert C. Manucy

Florida Historical Quarterly

The reference is to the great Mississippi, and on this keynote is sounded the broad theme of Catalogo de los Fondos de las Floridas, which, in free translation might be titled “Catalog of the Florida Papers.” Published in format similar to the well-known Carnegie archival guides, the book is an illuminating index to an interesting period in the history of the area between Savannah and New Orleans, from the Florida Keys to the lower Mississippi Valley.

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The Negro Abraham, Kenneth W. Porter Mar 2021

The Negro Abraham, Kenneth W. Porter

Florida Historical Quarterly

One of the most remarkable personalities produced by the African race in this country before general emancipation was an illiterate runaway slave who spent almost all his mature life among Seminole Indians. This judgment is, perhaps, either too cautious to be meaningful or too bold to be convincing, according to the direction from which one chooses to approach it.

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S4 E15: Addressing Trauma, Rebecca Hines, Lisa Dieker Mar 2021

S4 E15: Addressing Trauma, Rebecca Hines, Lisa Dieker

Practical Access Transcripts

Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share tips on how to assist schools with providing resources to students and families impacted by trauma. Have a question that you would like answered? Call and leave us a question on our Google Phone (407) 900- 9305 or via social media on Facebook (Practical Access), Twitter (@AccessPractical), or Instagram (@Practical_Access.

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Historic Artifacts And The Buzzard Cult In Florida, John W. Griffin Mar 2021

Historic Artifacts And The Buzzard Cult In Florida, John W. Griffin

Florida Historical Quarterly

An extensive literature on the archaeology of Florida has been amassed over a considerable number of years. By far the greater part of this literature is purely descriptive, and it is the purpose of this paper to take some of the older materials and interpret them in the light of current archaeological knowledge; knowledge which has advanced at an almost breathtaking rate in the past decade. For our purposes we shall select seven related artifacts from southern Florida; made of gold, silver, brass, stone and wood.

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The Port Of St. Augustine During The British Regime, Wilbur H. Siebert Mar 2021

The Port Of St. Augustine During The British Regime, Wilbur H. Siebert

Florida Historical Quarterly

A little more than six miles of Anastasia island, eastward of St. Augustine, is shown on the old map by De Brahm, one-time surveyor-general for the Southern District of British America. The channel is depicted and, less than a mile east of the fortress or “castle,” the bar. The Look-out Tower stands two thirds of the island’s width at that point from its inner side, a little more than a fifth of a mile from its outer side, and half a mile from the shore directly north. De Brahm’s survey was made in 1765 and 1766. On a much earlier …

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Tiger Tail, Kenneth W. Porter Mar 2021

Tiger Tail, Kenneth W. Porter

Florida Historical Quarterly

The career of Thlocklo Tustenuggee (Fish Warrior), better known by his nickname of Tiger Tail, who was one of the most determinedly hostile of the Seminole chiefs in the war of 1835-42, may be of no great importance. It has, however, already received sufficient attention to justify, it would seem, the addition of new information. The standard account, found in Sprague, is that he died, perhaps of homesickness, shortly after his transportation from Florida. It has, however, been more recently asserted that Tiger Tail never left Florida, but, substituting one of his. warriors, who had been beaten into unrecognizability in …

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Writing Local History, Lillie B. Mcduffee Mar 2021

Writing Local History, Lillie B. Mcduffee

Florida Historical Quarterly

Probably in every one of Florida’s sixty-seven counties there is waiting for some aspiring writer of history a wealth of material which could be used effectively in building a county or local history. This is a field of endeavor which in Florida has largely been neglected, and one which should arouse the pride of Floridians over the State who may be history-minded.

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Pioneer Florida: An Interpretation Of Spanish Laws And Land Titles, T. Frederick Davis Mar 2021

Pioneer Florida: An Interpretation Of Spanish Laws And Land Titles, T. Frederick Davis

Florida Historical Quarterly

When Florida was acquired by the United States from Spain through the treaty of cession concluded and signed in 1819 and ratified in 1821, one of the foremost questions arising was that of the confirmation of land titles. For a decade there was a strange uncertainty with regard to property, titles and judicial decrees, which, according to a contemporary writer in the Florida Herald, were “scattered about as floating objects in the wide ocean of Law.” He goes on to say, “This confusion cannot be supposed to arise from any intention or design in the high contracting parties [the governments …

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The Florida Banditti, 1783, Joseph B. Lockey Mar 2021

The Florida Banditti, 1783, Joseph B. Lockey

Florida Historical Quarterly

East Florida was ill at ease on receiving, in the spring of 1783, news of the retrocession of the province to Spain. The necessity of abandoning homes in a land to which government and people alike were attached, together with the uncertainties, vexations, and difficulties of finding new homes elsewhere presented to all a dark picture of the future. In the midst of these apprehensions some of the settlers at least were troubled by the depredations of a group of lawless men whom Governor Patrick Tonyn described as banditti.

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Tallahassee And St. Marks In 1841, A Letter Of John S. Tappan, John S. Tappan Mar 2021

Tallahassee And St. Marks In 1841, A Letter Of John S. Tappan, John S. Tappan

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Pioneer Florida: Jackson’S Premature Proclamation, 1821, T. Frederick Davis Mar 2021

Pioneer Florida: Jackson’S Premature Proclamation, 1821, T. Frederick Davis

Florida Historical Quarterly

The treaty of “Amity, Settlement and Limits” by which Spain ceded the Floridas (East and West) to the United States, was concluded and signed on February 22, 1819, but ratifications were not exchanged until February 22, 1821 - both transactions coincidentally being on the anniversary of George Washington’s birth. On March 10, 1821, General Andrew Jackson was appointed to take over the Floridas from Spain, and assume their government pending their formal creation as a territory of the Union. The commission bestowed upon him the title: Governor of the Floridas, exercising all the powers and authorities heretofore exercised by the …

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The Last Spanish Census Of Pensacola, Duvon C. Corbitt Mar 2021

The Last Spanish Census Of Pensacola, Duvon C. Corbitt

Florida Historical Quarterly

Prior to 1812 the Spanish monarch did not see fit to grant Pensacola the right to organize as a municipality; consequently, the West Florida capital was governed up to that year by military commandants whose authority was untrammeled by elective officers. With the inauguration of the Constitution of 1812, however, it became necessary to allow the organization of municipal government there, since the charter in question provided such government for all towns and communities having one thousand or more free inhabitants, or whose special conditions necessitated local government. Therefore, Pensacola’s municipal government, consisting of an alcalde, or mayor, and a …

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Florida's Population In 1845, Dorothy Dodd Mar 2021

Florida's Population In 1845, Dorothy Dodd

Florida Historical Quarterly

The first census of the State of Florida was taken in the summer of 1845. The census takers were slow in making their returns, and data for only 17 of the 26 counties were submitted to the adjourned session of the General Assembly, which met in November. The census was actually taken, however, in every county except St. Lucia and Dade, a total of 66,381 inhabitants being reported.

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Florida In 1845, Dorothy Dodd Mar 2021

Florida In 1845, Dorothy Dodd

Florida Historical Quarterly

When the government of the State of Florida was organized in June 1845, the state contained a population of some 66,500. Although Florida has a total area of 58,560 square miles, 2 47 percent of the population was concentrated in the 7,333 square miles (only 12.5 percent of the state total) lying between the Apalachicola and Suwannee rivers, then known as Middle Florida. The remaining 53 percent was distributed fairly evenly between West and East Florida, 25 percent being in the former and 28 percent in the latter. But since West Florida -between the Perdido and Apalachicola rivershas an area …

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Tequesta: Journal Of The Historical Association Of Southern Florida, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Tequesta: Journal Of The Historical Association Of Southern Florida, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The fourth issue of Tequesta, “The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida” appeared while the last number of our Quarterly was in press. This one was edited by Professor Leonard R. Muller, of the University of Miami, with an advisory board of Harold E. Briggs, David O. True, and H. Frank Williams.

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