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The Constitutional Convention Of 1885, Edward C. Williamson
The Constitutional Convention Of 1885, Edward C. Williamson
Florida Historical Quarterly
Florida in 1885 was a rural state, a long strip of relatively unoccupied frontier of the deep South. It sprawled from Pensacola to Key West with few farms or people south of Ocala. An inadequate system of transportation composed of sail and rail loosely tied the state together. Key West, its ties to Florida consisting of a few trading schooners, was the largest town. Counties large in area but small in population were in the south; those small in area but larger in population were in the north.
Memorial: Julien Chandler Yonge, Rembert W. Patrick
Memorial: Julien Chandler Yonge, Rembert W. Patrick
Florida Historical Quarterly
In the fall of 1892 a thirteen-year-old boy requested and received a copy of Campbell’s Historical Sketches of Colonial Florida. Beginning with Panfilo de Narvaez’s discovery of Pensacola Bay, the 284-page book traced the explorations of Hernando de Soto, described the ill-fated attempt of Tristan de Luna to found a colony at Pensacola, and detailed the eventual permanent settlement there. The author emphasized the British Period of Colonial Florida, overweighted the importance of Pensacola, and ended his narrative with the American occupation of the province.
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 41, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Contributors to this issue
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Julien Chandler Yonge Memorial Endowment, college and university news, local historical societies
The Editor's Corner, Florida Historical Society
The Editor's Corner, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
We continue in this number the reminiscences of Florida, begun in our January issue, by the late Jane D. Brush of Michigan. Mrs. Brush was the wife of Alanson P. Brush, a pioneer of the automobile industry.
Book Review: A Woman Rice Planter, Florida Historical Society
Book Review: A Woman Rice Planter, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of A Woman Rice Planter. By Patience Pennington. [pseud.] Edited by Cornelius O. Cathey. (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1961. xxxiii, 446 pp. Illustrations. $6.00.)
A War Correspondent's View Of St. Augustine And Fernandina: 1863, P. J. Staudenraus
A War Correspondent's View Of St. Augustine And Fernandina: 1863, P. J. Staudenraus
Florida Historical Quarterly
Noah Brooks, born in Castine, Maine, in 1830, was an experienced newspaper man by the age of twenty-five. He worked for newspapers in Massachusetts, Illinois, and California before going to Washington, D. C., in December, 1862, as special correspondent for the Sacramento Daily Union. During the three years Brooks lived in the national capital he became a personal friend of President Lincoln whom he first met in Illinois in 1856. Before Lincoln died he asked Brooks to be his personal secretary. Brooks’s visit to Union Army stations along the coast of South Carolina and Florida in June, 1863, was one …
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of The First South. By John Richard Alden. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1961. vii, 144 pp. Bibliography, index. $3.50); President James Buchanan: A Biography. By Philip Shriver Klein. (University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1962. 506 pp. Illus., $7.50.); “Fortificaciones de la Florida [Fortifications of Florida].” By L. A. Vigneras. Anuario de Estudios Americanos (Seville), XVI (1959), 533-552.; From Shiloh to San Juan. By John P. Dyer. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1961. Revised edition. 275 pp. Illustrations. $5.00); Guide to Materials on Latin America in the National Archives, Vol. I. By John P. Harrison. …
Florida Volunteers In The War With Spain, 1898, William Schellings
Florida Volunteers In The War With Spain, 1898, William Schellings
Florida Historical Quarterly
For many years the Spanish American War has been referred to as a “Splendid Little War.” John Hay first used the term to describe the war in a letter to his friend Theodore Roosevelt and Teddy, without doubt, fully agreed. Recently Professor Frank Freidel used the same words to title a book concerning that war. Perhaps many of the participants in the Second World War, or the Korean conflict, would also agree that the war with Spain was a comparatively splendid affair as wars go. Imagine a war in which there was no draft, and that was fought largely by …
The Blockade And Fall Of Apalachicola, 1861-1862, Joseph D. Cushman, Jr.
The Blockade And Fall Of Apalachicola, 1861-1862, Joseph D. Cushman, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
President Lincoln proclaimed the blockade of all Confederate ports on April 19, 1861. In order to make the blockade effective, the United States Navy was split into two squadrons: the Atlantic Squadron which was to guard the entire Atlantic coast as far south as Cape Florida; and the Gulf Squadron which was responsible for the vast Gulf coast, an area which extended from Cape Florida to the Mexican border. Early in 1862 the Gulf Squadron was divided again into a West Gulf Squadron and an East Gulf Squadron. The area guarded by the East Gulf Squadron extended from Cape Canaveral …
The English Invasion Of Spanish Florida, 1700-1706, Charles W. Arnade
The English Invasion Of Spanish Florida, 1700-1706, Charles W. Arnade
Florida Historical Quarterly
Though Florida had been discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1513, not until 1565 did it become a Spanish province in fact. In that year Pedro Menendez de Aviles was able to establish a permanent capital which he called St. Augustine. Menendez and successive executives had plans to make St. Augustine a thriving metropolis ruling over a vast Spanish colony that might possibly be elevated to a viceroyalty. Nothing of this sort happened. By 1599 Florida was in desperate straits: Indians had rebelled and butchered the Franciscan missionaries, fire and flood had made life in St. Augustine miserable, English pirates …
The Irony Of Secession, Donal R. Hadd
The Irony Of Secession, Donal R. Hadd
Florida Historical Quarterly
The election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of the United States marked the beginning of active measures for separation in the state of Florida. Throughout the state mass meetings were held to protest the ascendancy of “Black Republicanism.” The term “secession” so truculently advanced by a militant minority since the Compromise of 1850 began to be advanced by an ever increasing number of Floridians inflamed by the spirit of the time.
Two Seminole Treaties: Payne's Landing, 1832, Ft. Gibson, 1833, John K. Mahon
Two Seminole Treaties: Payne's Landing, 1832, Ft. Gibson, 1833, John K. Mahon
Florida Historical Quarterly
The treaty of Moultrie Creek or Camp Moultrie, of 1823, quickly revealed more weaknesses than strengths. Conspicuous among them was the absence of any deadline date by which the Seminoles were expected to be within the boundaries of their reservation. Very shortly it became obvious that the Indians were dissatisfied with the treaty, did not want to move, and were in no hurry to do so. Even after months had passed, still only a few had entered the reservation.
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 41, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents
Memorial: Julien Chandler Yonge, Florida Historical Society
Memorial: Julien Chandler Yonge, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
On April 25, 1962, Julien Chandler Yonge passed away at his home in Pensacola. Born on January 20, 1879, the son of Philip Keyes and Lucie C. Davis Yonge, Julien Yonge spent most of his life in his native state. For more than a generation he was editor of the Florida Historical Quarterly and a mainstay of the Florida Historical Society. Known to generations of historians for his magnificent collection of Floridiana, remembered with warm affection by all who worked with him, Julien Yonge’s name will always be found where Florida history is written. The memory of this kindly, self-effacing, …
Contents Of Volume Xli, Florida Historical Society
Contents Of Volume Xli, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Contains a list of articles and authors for Vol. 41
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Contributors to this issue
The Editor's Corner, Florida Historical Society
The Editor's Corner, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
In this number we continue the reminiscences of Florida begun in our last issue by the late Jane D. Brush of Michigan, widow of Alanson P. Brush, a pioneer of the automobile industry.
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Vicente Manuel de Zespedes and the Restoration of Spanish Rule in East Florida, 1784-1790. By Helen Hornbeck Tanner. (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan [Doctoral Dissertation], 1961. 365 pp.); The British Meet the Seminoles; Negotiations between British Authorities in East Florida and the Indians: 1763-68. Collected and annotated by James W. Covington. Contributions of the Florida State Museum, Social Sciences, Number 7. (Gainesville, University of Florida, 1961. 66 pp. Map, facsimile, notes, and references. $1.00.); Southern Tradition and Regional Progress. By William H. Nicholls. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1960. xviii, 202 pp. Bibliography. $5.00.); The Patriot Chiefs. By …
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Notes about the Civil War Centennial Commission, local historical societies
A Northerner Reports On Florida: 1866, Joe M. Richardson
A Northerner Reports On Florida: 1866, Joe M. Richardson
Florida Historical Quarterly
In the fall of 1865 Colonel Thomas W. Osborn, Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau for Florida, decided to divide the State into five districts, and send agents on inspection tours of each. The inspectors were to make full reports on the general condition of the freedmen and the amount of crops being raised. Special notice was to be taken of the proportion of nonproducing members among the ex-slaves, and the number of white and colored schools, scholars, and teachers in each section. In addition, the agents were to gauge the white attitude toward the Union, and determine whether the …
Sea Island Cotton In Ante-Bellum Florida, Jerrell H. Shofner
Sea Island Cotton In Ante-Bellum Florida, Jerrell H. Shofner
Florida Historical Quarterly
In the late 1850’s Florida surpassed Georgia and South Carolina in the production of Sea Island cotton. This development was made possible by three factors: climate, soil, and technological progress. While nature supplied the first two requisites, the latter factor was the result of inventive Floridians who designed and patented cotton gins that made the production of Sea Island cotton profitable. A combination of environment and mechanical development thus enabled Florida to supplant the traditional leaders and become the nation’s largest producer of long staple cotton.
The Treaty Of Moultrie Creek, 1823, John K. Mahon
The Treaty Of Moultrie Creek, 1823, John K. Mahon
Florida Historical Quarterly
A decade before the United States obtained possession of the whole of Florida the Indians had learned to fear Americans. Three times the men of the new nation to the north had invaded the peninsula; two of these invasions had brought ruin to the redmen. The first invasion-during the “Patriot War” of 1811-1813 - had initiated the disintegration of the towns and the agriculture of the Indians, east of the Suwannee River. The second - Andrew Jackson’s campaign in 1818 - had wreaked the same havoc upon those west of the Suwannee. The Florida Indians were never the same after …
The Celestial Railroad To Juno, Nathan D. Shappee
The Celestial Railroad To Juno, Nathan D. Shappee
Florida Historical Quarterly
The topic of this paper is deeply and affectionately imbedded in the early history and folklore of northern Dade County and present day Palm Beach County. Until this present undertaking no attempt at a comprehensive article about the Celestial Railroad has been made. Stray references and short descriptions are found in a wide variety of places but the best of these are in unpublished reminiscences of old-timers and in contemporary newspapers which are not readily accessible to general readers.
William Augustus Bowles And The State Of Muskogee, Lyle N. Mcalister
William Augustus Bowles And The State Of Muskogee, Lyle N. Mcalister
Florida Historical Quarterly
As the eighteenth century approached its end, the decline of the imperial power of Spain was reflected and magnified in the borderland provinces of East and West Florida. In these outposts of empire the hand of authority was weak and resources for defense were almost non-existent. The military establishment consisted of understrength garrisons in the presidios at St. Augustine, San Marcos de Apalache, Mobile, and Pensacola, and the sparsity and dispersion of the population precluded reliance on troops raised locally. Moreover, the Viceroy of Mexico and the Captain General of Cuba, who were responsible for the defense of the northern …
The Editor's Corner, Florida Historical Society
The Editor's Corner, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Father Jerome of St. Leo’s Abbey, St. Leo, Florida, sends us an interesting note relating the pro’s and con’s of the dispute centering about the identity of the first Catholic Bishop of Florida, and a document which he assures us provides “a definite silencing of the dispute.” The search for this documentary proof led Father Jerome to the Library of Congress, the Hispanic Society of America, and to the Franciscan archives in Washington - all without success.
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Contributors, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Contributors to this issue
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Notice of the annual meeting, college notes, news from local historical societies
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
The South in American History. By William B. Hesseltine and David L. Smiley. Second Edition. (Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1960. x, 630 pp. Illustrations, maps, index. $8.00.); The Siege of St. Augustine in 1702. By Charles W. Arnade. University of Florida Monographs: Social Sciences, No. 3. (Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1959. 67 pp. maps, plates. $2.00.); Hamilton Holt: Journalist, Internationalist, Educator. By Warren F. Kuehl. (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1960. ix, 303 pp. plates. $7.50.); Okeechobee Hurricane and the Hoover Dike. By Lawrence E. Will. (Great Outdoors Publishing Company, St. Petersburg, Florida 1961. 110 pp. Illustrations. $3.00.); The Story …