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The Route Of Juan Pardo's Explorations In The Interior Southeast, 1566-1568, Chester B. Depratter Dec 2021

The Route Of Juan Pardo's Explorations In The Interior Southeast, 1566-1568, Chester B. Depratter

Florida Historical Quarterly

In 1566-1568 Captain Juan Pardo led two expeditions through the length of what is now South Carolina, through western North Carolina, and into eastern Tennessee. Both expeditions departed from Santa Elena, a Spanish outpost which Pedro Menéndez de Avilés had established on Parris Island, near present-day Beaufort, South Carolina, and which was then part of la Florida. The route which Pardo and his men followed is important both to anthropologists and historians because it sheds light on the Indians who lived along the route, and also because the northern part of Pardo’s route closely parallels a portion of the route …

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

ANATOMY OF A LYNCHING, THE KILLING OF CLAUDE NEAL, by James R. McGovern, reviewed by Raymond Arsenault; GEORGE GAULD: SURVEYOR AND CARTOGRAPHER OF THE GULF COAST, by John D. Ware, reviewed by Louis DeVorsey; THE LOG OF H.M.S. Mentor, 1780-1781, A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH NAVY AT PENSACOLA, edited by James A. Servies, reviewed by Frank L. Owsley, Jr.; BONNIE MELROSE, THE EARLY HISTORY OF MELROSE, FLORIDA, by Zonira Hunter Tolles, reviewed by Merlin G. Cox; WILLIAM LAUDERDALE: GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON’S WARRIOR, by Cooper Kirk, reviewed by Frank Laumer; THE GLORIOUS CAUSE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1763-1789, by Robert Middlekauff, …

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James Thompson, Pensacola's First Realtor, Robin F. A. Fabel Dec 2021

James Thompson, Pensacola's First Realtor, Robin F. A. Fabel

Florida Historical Quarterly

The accompanying document was published first in the New York Journal, November 5, 1767, and was reprinted without alteration half a dozen times. It appeared for the last time on March 24, 1768. It is the first known private advertisement for real estate in the history of the British colony of West Florida. James Thompson, the man who submitted it, was not the first land speculator in the province, but, in his search for customers among the general public in other parts of America, his readiness to cultivate customers of limited means, and his care to advertise property as attractively …

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A French Would-Be Settler On Lafayette's Florida Township, Lucretia Ramsey Bishko Dec 2021

A French Would-Be Settler On Lafayette's Florida Township, Lucretia Ramsey Bishko

Florida Historical Quarterly

Lewis A. Pellerin, thirty-seven years old, a native of Normandy, sailed up the Mississippi to New Orleans in late March 1833. After taking part in the July Revolution of 1830 in France, he had suffered severe financial losses and was emigrating, together with his wife and two children, to the New World in search of a better fortune.

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John Ellis, Royal Agent For West Florida, Roy A. Rauschenberg Dec 2021

John Ellis, Royal Agent For West Florida, Roy A. Rauschenberg

Florida Historical Quarterly

When Britain acquired West Florida in 1763, John Ellis was appointed royal agent for West Florida. Found only in Nova Scotia, Georgia, and East and West Florida, royal or crown agents were used in underdeveloped but strategically important colonies that lacked the revenue to finance their own government. In these cases the crown assumed the financial load, and the agent was the London-based fiscal officer— the comptroller— supervising the crown’s allocations to the colony. Though easily confused with the better known and more widely used colonial agent, the royal agent was an entirely different kind of office. The royal agent …

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War Comes To San Marcos, Lawrence Kinnaird Dec 2021

War Comes To San Marcos, Lawrence Kinnaird

Florida Historical Quarterly

Of all the military posts established by Spain in West Florida after the Revolutionary War, San Marcos de Apalache was the only one ever to come under enemy fire. When Spain signed the treaty of San Ildefonso on August 19, 1796, and joined France in the war against Britain, military posts on the Mississippi were prepared for possible attack from Canada. There were many alarms, but all proved false. Along the Gulf coast no Spanish post was besieged by the enemy until war was brought to San Marcos by William Augustus Bowles, a British half-pay officer, and his Indian supporters.

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Index To Volume Lxi, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Index To Volume Lxi, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

OLD HICKORY’S TOWN, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF JACKSONVILLE, by James Robertson Ward, in association with Dena Elizabeth Snodgrass, reviewed by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.; PENSACOLA, THE DEEP WATER CITY, by Lucius Ellsworth and Linda Ellsworth, reviewed by Robert R. Rea; ATLAS OF FLORIDA, edited by Edward A. Fernald, reviewed by Louis De Vorsey, Jr.; GUARDIANS ON THE GULF: PENSACOLA FORTIFICATIONS, 1698-1980, by James C. Coleman and Irene S. Coleman, reviewed by John K. Mahon; HISTORY OF APOPKA AND NORTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, by Jerrell H. Shofner, reviewed by Jack C. Lane; FLORIDA FRENZY, by Harry Crews, reviewed by Jesse Earle …

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Following Bartram's "Track": Titian Ramsay Peale's Florida Journey, Charlotte M. Porter Dec 2021

Following Bartram's "Track": Titian Ramsay Peale's Florida Journey, Charlotte M. Porter

Florida Historical Quarterly

On Christmas Day 1817, Titian Ramsay Peale, the seventeen-year-old son of Charles Willson Peale, noted painter and founder of the nation’s first museum, left Philadelphia with zoologist George Ord and sailed to Savannah, Georgia. There they joined the wealthy geologist, William Maclure, and Thomas Say, whose pioneering work on American insects the self-styled “Dr. T. R. Peale” had begun to illustrate for publication. All four men, including young Titian, were officers of the newly incorporated Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. As Academy president, Maclure generously supported members’ fieldwork, although the exact scientific expectations for this collecting trip into Florida …

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

MY WORK AMONG THE FLORIDA SEMINOLES, by James Lafayette Glenn, edited by Harry A. Kersey, Jr., reviewed by William C. Sturtevant; THE VISION OF A CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY, by Russell M. Cooper and Margaret B. Fisher, reviewed by Jack C. Lane; THE TRANSLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: A HISTORY, by James A. Rawley, reviewed by Jack P. Greene; LA MISION DE DON LUIS DE ONIS EN LOS ESTADO UNIDOS (1809-1819), by Angel del Rio, reviewed by Jack D. L. Holmes; THE PAPERS OF HENRY CLAY, VOLUME 6: SECRETARY OF STATE, 1827, edited by Mary W. M. Hargreaves and James F. Hopkins, reviewed by …

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Potter Committee Investigation Of The Disputed Election Of 1876, Karen Guenther Dec 2021

Potter Committee Investigation Of The Disputed Election Of 1876, Karen Guenther

Florida Historical Quarterly

On Saturday, March 3, 1877, Chief Justice Morrison B. Waite, in a private ceremony at the White House, swore into office Rutherford Birchard Hayes of Ohio as the nineteenth president of the United States. This event, culminating four months of controversy, resulted from the decision of a special electoral commission and a subsequent agreement known historically as the Compromise of 1877. Nevertheless, many Democrats still refused to concede the legitimacy of the Republican victory. When Congress reconvened shortly after the inauguration, several prominent House Democrats demanded a thorough investigation of the election. Consequently, in May 1878, the House established the …

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Immigrant Women In Tampa: The Italian Experience, 1890-1930, Gary R. Mormino Dec 2021

Immigrant Women In Tampa: The Italian Experience, 1890-1930, Gary R. Mormino

Florida Historical Quarterly

The historical study of women, particularly immigrant women, has advanced dramatically over the past decade. Recent scholarship has rescued from neglect a great deal of historical material and has placed in clearer perspective the important roles played by women in American society. Ultimately, women’s history will be fully integrated into the pageantry of the American experience. Sufficient specialized studies to accomplish this goal, however, do not yet exist. More regional and local investigations detailing the histories of women in many different locations, time periods, and life situations are required.

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Florida's Capitols, Lee H. Warner Dec 2021

Florida's Capitols, Lee H. Warner

Florida Historical Quarterly

In mid-1982, after years of debate over the ultimate fate of its old capitol, a decision to restore part of the structure, over $7,000,000 spent, and four years of actual restoration work, the old building was again opened. By that time the executive and legislative branches of government were well settled in the new capitol and, surprising no one, expecting to construct still more office buildings to house their activities.

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Timucuan Rebellion Of 1656: The Rebolledo Investigation And The Civil-Religious Controversy, Fred Lamar Pearson, Jr. Dec 2021

Timucuan Rebellion Of 1656: The Rebolledo Investigation And The Civil-Religious Controversy, Fred Lamar Pearson, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Timucuan Indians rebelled in 1656 because they had been mistreated by the Spaniards. In particular, the Indians reacted against the forced labor policy which Governor Diego de Rebolledo had sought to impose on them. Forced labor had not originated in Florida during the Rebolledo Administration, but the manner in which the governor sought to carry out his policy proved galling to the Indians. Often when St. Augustine experienced frequent food shortages because of the uncertainty of the situado, governors turned to the provinces to procure corn to see the settlers through the difficulty. Apparently such a shortage existed in …

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German Tourists In Florida: A Two-Century Record, Earl R. Beck Dec 2021

German Tourists In Florida: A Two-Century Record, Earl R. Beck

Florida Historical Quarterly

In 1981, 74,219 West German tourists landed in the airport in Miami. This figure, which represents over a ten per cent increase over 1980, does not take account of many Germans who came to Florida after landing elsewhere in the United States. Those thousands of Germans who visit Florida today are continuing the lively interest in this state which began more than two hundred years ago. But, strangely enough, the number of German accounts of Florida and its myriad lures has been quite small. Stranger still, while tourism has grown, German writing about Florida has declined, and some recent accounts …

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Florida Legislative Committees: Their Growth Since 1822, Allen Morris Dec 2021

Florida Legislative Committees: Their Growth Since 1822, Allen Morris

Florida Historical Quarterly

Nine of the thirteen members of Florida’s first Legislative Council had reached Pensacola to take the oath of office on July 22, 1822. Officers were elected the following day, and a committee of two was appointed to advise Governor William P. DuVal that the council was ready to proceed to business. On the same day that the governor’s message was received by the council, segments of it were referred to committees of four members “with authority to report by bill or otherwise” on matters relating to the judiciary and revenue. In immediate succession, other committees of three to five members …

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History News, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

1983 Annual Meeting, Annual Awards, Florida History Fair, Wentworth Foundation Grant, Announcements and Activities, Publications

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

MIAMI: THE MAGIC CITY, by Arva Moore Parks, reviewed by Marcia J. Kanner; BISCAYNE COUNTRY, 1870-1926, by Thelma Peters, reviewed by Charlton W. Tebeau; HISTORY OF GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 1854-1979, by Charles H. Hildreth and Merlin G. Cox, reviewed by Jerrell H. Shofner; IBERVILLE’S GULF JOURNALS, translated and edited by Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams, reviewed by Jack D. L. Holmes; FLORIDA’S PREHISTORIC STONE TECHNOLOGY, by Barbara A. Purdy, reviewed by Mark J. Brooks; THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF JOHN BARTRAM: FROM LAKE ONTARIO TO THE RIVER ST. JOHN, by Edmund Berkeley and Dorothy Smith Berkeley, reviewed by Marjory Bartlett Sanger; JUAN NEPOMUCENO …

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Religious Censuses Of Pensacola, 1796-1801, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Religious Censuses Of Pensacola, 1796-1801, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

There are few population censuses for colonial Florida. For Pensacola, there are two civil name censuses for the second Spanish period, 1781-1821; one prepared under the direction of Governor Arturo O’Neill in 1784, and another directed by Governor José Callava in 1820. Other censuses of a statistical nature also exist, but like the name censuses, they were taken only periodically. A third list of Pensacola names was found among the records in the Spanish archives; Bishop Cirilo de Barcelona’s report of his Santa Visita (Holy Visit) of 1791 contained ninety-seven names of Pensacola residents who had complied with the annual …

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Another Road To Disappearance: Assimiliation Of Creek Indians In Pensacola, Florida, During The Nineteenth Century, Jane E. Dysart Dec 2021

Another Road To Disappearance: Assimiliation Of Creek Indians In Pensacola, Florida, During The Nineteenth Century, Jane E. Dysart

Florida Historical Quarterly

In historical accounts of the old South, Indians are customarily treated as participants only in the frontier phase of colonial rivalry and during the era of territorial expansion. With the removal of the Indians to lands west of the Mississippi, southern history becomes the story of a white-dominated society composed almost exclusively of whites and blacks. The diversity of Indian-white and Indian-black relationships during the early years of the antebellum era is rarely part of the story, nor is the account of the Indians who remained behind included in the traditional narratives. Yet Indians constituted a third ethnic group in …

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Index To Volume Lx, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Index To Volume Lx, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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History News, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Annual Meeting, National Register of Historic Places, Announcements and Activities, Obituary

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

JOSÉ DE EZPELETA, GOBERNADOR DE LA MOBILA, 1780-1781, by Francisco de Borja Medina Rojas, reviewed by Robin F. A. Fabel; SUN, SAND AND WATER: A HISTORY OF THE JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 1821-1975, by George E. Buker, reviewed by Nelson M. Blake; THE WESTWARD ENTERPRISE: ENGLISH ACTIVITIES IN IRELAND, THE ATLANTIC AND AMERICA, 1480-1650, edited by K. R. Andrews, N. P. Canny, and P. E. H. Hair, reviewed by Eugene Lyon; LETTERS OF DELEGATES TO CONGRESS, 1774-1789, VOLUME 5, AUGUST 16-DECEMBER 31, 1776, edited by Paul H. Smith, Gerard W. Gawalt, Rosemark Fry Plakas, and Eugene …

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South Florida In 1860, Rodney E. Dillon, Jr. Dec 2021

South Florida In 1860, Rodney E. Dillon, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

On the eve of the Civil War, the southern half of the Florida peninsula remained the last great coastal frontier region east of the Mississippi River. Although the 700-mile coastline from Tampa Bay to the northern Indian River, embracing the Florida Keys, had been charted since the eighteenth century, much of this land was still unsettled. Despite the recent activity brought about by the Second and Third Seminole Indian wars, the vast interior was, for the most part, unexplored. Although growth was slow, settlement and economic activity were steadily increasing. Despite its unsettled condition, south Florida’s proximity to the rest …

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Title Page, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 60, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents

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Engineers Vs Florida's Green Menace, George E. Buker Dec 2021

Engineers Vs Florida's Green Menace, George E. Buker

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the late 1880s or early 1890s (sources are vague as to the exact time), people living along the St. Johns River were enthralled by the addition of a beautiful floating water plant to the river’s scenery. Above a luxuriant green base towered a spike of purple flowers. Steamboat operators were pleased when the tourists admired the drifting bouquets gliding by their vessels. Cattlemen along the river were enthused at the prospect of a new cheap fodder for their stock. They gathered bundles of the floating greenery to carry upriver for propagation in their ponds and streams. Mr. Fuller, owner …

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History News, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Announcements and Activities

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

FLORIDA’S GUBERNATORIAL POLITICS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, by David R. Colburn and Richard K. Scher, reviewed by William C. Havard; THE U.S. NAVY IN PENSACOLA, FROM SAILING SHIPS TO NAVAL AVIATION (1825-1930), by George F. Pearce, reviewed by Frank L. Owsley, Jr.; A HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, by Edward P. Keuchel, reviewed by Jerrell H. Shofner; CONFERENCE ON FLORIDA’S MARITIME HERITAGE, CURTIS-HIXON CONVENTION CENTER, TAMPA, FLORIDA, MARCH 22-23, 1980, edited by Barbara A. Purdy, reviewed by Louis De Vorsey, Jr.; THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GULF BORDERLANDS: THE CREEK WAR AND THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, 1812-1815, by Frank Lawrence …

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Florida History Research In Progress, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Florida History Research In Progress, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This list shows the amount and variety of Florida history research and writing currently underway, as reported to the Florida Historical Quarterly. Doctoral dissertations and masters’ theses completed in 1980 are included. Research in Florida history, sociology, anthropology, political science, archeology, geography, and urban studies is included.

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Dec 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

ABORIGINAL SUBSISTENCE TECHNOLOGY ON THE SOUTHEASTERNCOASTAL PLAIN DURING THE LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD, by Lewis H. Larson, reviewed by Elizabeth J. Reitz; THIS SO REMOTE FRONTIER: THE CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTRY OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA, by Mark E. Fretwell, reviewed by J. Leitch Wright, Jr.; PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES, by William N. Morgan, reviewed by Jerald T. Milanich; THE SPANISH CROWN AND THE DEFENSE OF THE CARIBBEAN, 1535-1585: PRECEDENT, PATRIMONIALISM, AND ROYAL PARSIMONY, by Paul E. Hoffman, reviewed by Stanley M. Hordes; FIREARMS IN COLONIAL AMERICA: THE IMPACT ON HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY, 1495-1792, by M. L. Brown, reviewed by Albert …

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