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The Long-Awaited Bibliography Of Florida, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The Long-Awaited Bibliography Of Florida, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

It was announced in the last issue of the Quarterly that the directors of the Society, at a special meeting held in Jacksonville May 2, provided for the organization of a committee to memorialize Dr. James Alexander Robertson’s unsurpassed contributions to the writing of the history of Florida. Acting on his authorization to appoint this committee the president of the Society secured with much gratification the acceptance of Mr. Charles B. Reynolds, author of the widely-read History of St. Augustine and long identified with the history of Florida, in particular as a member for many years of the Publications Committee …


The Use Of Florida Historical Material By A Journalist, E. V. W. Jones Mar 2021

The Use Of Florida Historical Material By A Journalist, E. V. W. Jones

Florida Historical Quarterly

We spread our newspapers before us at the close of day and read of the many events newly happened. In a few hours the swiftly spinning world has crossed the threshold of night, and a new day is here with new events. Yesterday is history. But look at your newspaper tonight and observe a significant fact. Today’s events are not all new. Many of them are in continuation of yesterday’s news.


A Diary Of Jesse Talbot Bernard 1847-1857, Rebecca Phillips Mar 2021

A Diary Of Jesse Talbot Bernard 1847-1857, Rebecca Phillips

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the fall of 1849 a young Virginian, a William and Mary student, cast his eyes toward the southernmost part of our country and made plans to come to Florida and teach school. He was Jesse Talbot Bernard, later to become mayor of Tallahassee and to serve many years on Florida’s Board of Education.


The East Coast In 1870, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The East Coast In 1870, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

At the close of the Civil War, there were but two counties on the East Coast south of Cape Canaveral, Brevard and Dade. Dade had been established in 1886, but it was still virtually uninhabited wilderness in 1870, extending from the present southern boundary of St. Lucie County to the keys. The following narrative and statistical extracts are taken from The Florida Gazetteer, compiled and published by J. M. Hawkes, M. D. (New Orleans, 1871, 214 p.) Few copies were printed and the volume has now become rare.


The Care And Preservation Of Books And Records, Louise Richardson Mar 2021

The Care And Preservation Of Books And Records, Louise Richardson

Florida Historical Quarterly

Any brief article, such as this, on the preservation and care of records must be incomplete. Volumes have been and are being written on the subject, and the end is not yet. Scientists, engineers, librarians, and even a division of the League of Nations have devoted much time to a study of the subject. The United States Bureau of Standards in cooperation with the Carnegie Foundation and the National Research Council is continually carrying on research in the preservation of records. This research includes not only the preservation after records are made and distributed but includes research on the ingredients …


Emerson’S Little Journal At St. Augustine, January, February, March, 1827, Ralph Waldo Emerson Mar 2021

Emerson’S Little Journal At St. Augustine, January, February, March, 1827, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Florida Historical Quarterly

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Ralph Waldo Emerson In Florida, Mrs. Henry L. Richmond Mar 2021

Ralph Waldo Emerson In Florida, Mrs. Henry L. Richmond

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the 1820’s Ralph Waldo Emerson was a young Unitarian minister living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As one of six children of a widowed mother in meagre circumstances, his twenty-three years had been a struggle of ambition over privation. His health had never been robust and in the autumn of 1826 he developed a bronchial ailment that demanded a change from the rigors of a New England winter. He was persuaded by family and friends to leave his ministerial duties and, his good uncle Samuel Ripley assisting with travel expenses, on November 25 Emerson sailed in the ship Clematis for Charleston, …


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 18, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents


The Florida Historical Society, Joint Meeting At Jacksonville And Fernandina, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The Florida Historical Society, Joint Meeting At Jacksonville And Fernandina, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


The Panton, Leslie Papers: A Letter Of Edmund Doyle, Trader, 1817, Edmund Doyle Mar 2021

The Panton, Leslie Papers: A Letter Of Edmund Doyle, Trader, 1817, Edmund Doyle

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Material Relating To British East Florida In The Gage Papers And Other Manuscript, Charles L. Mowat Mar 2021

Material Relating To British East Florida In The Gage Papers And Other Manuscript, Charles L. Mowat

Florida Historical Quarterly

For the history of the short-lived British province of East Florida the main source is undoubtedly the papers in the Public Record Office in London, of which almost all of first importance are available in the form of transcripts or photostats in the Library of Congress. Aside from this, perhaps the best single collection of manuscript material is that in the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The nucleus of the library is its collection of rare books dealing with America, mainly in the colonial and revolutionary periods, but it possesses also an important …


Why Two Connecticut Yankees Went South, Samuel H. Fisher Mar 2021

Why Two Connecticut Yankees Went South, Samuel H. Fisher

Florida Historical Quarterly

General Edmund Kirby Smith was an outstanding figure in the War between the States, particularly in its closing years when he was in command of the Trans-Mississippi Department. He was Florida-born and his native State was proud to place his statue in the Capitol at Washington.


The St. Augustine Census Of 1786, Joseph B. Lockey Mar 2021

The St. Augustine Census Of 1786, Joseph B. Lockey

Florida Historical Quarterly

St. Augustine was the chief center of population in colonial Florida. It was not however at any time a town of considerable size. Indeed, the whole white population of East and West Florida in the first Spanish period never exceeded a few thousand at most. The explanation is simple. There were greater attractions elsewhere. Unlike Mexico and the other mainland regions to the south, Florida had no mines to be exploited, no extensive fields already prepared for cultivation, and no Indian serfs to do the white man’s bidding. Nor did it possess the conditions of soil and climate which made …


James Alexander Robertson, A. Curtis Wilgus Mar 2021

James Alexander Robertson, A. Curtis Wilgus

Florida Historical Quarterly

Few scholars have had such an extensive general understanding of, or such an intensive interest in certain fields of history as had Dr. Robertson. The Philippines, Latin America, Florida, and Maryland all attracted his earnest, enthusiastic, and scholarly attention; and in each of those fields the results of his labors are outstanding. Though honors came to him from four continents, those who knew him best remember the man before the scholar.


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 18, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents


End Pages, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

End Pages, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Library Accessions, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Library Accessions, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


James Alexander Robertson: An Obituary, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

James Alexander Robertson: An Obituary, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


New Officers, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

New Officers, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Exhibit Of Floridiana, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Exhibit Of Floridiana, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


The Program, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The Program, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Report On Members, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Report On Members, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Report Of The Treasurer, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Report Of The Treasurer, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


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

The Florida Historical Society: The Annual Meeting, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


The Panton, Leslie Papers: Two Letters Of Edmund Doyle, Trader, 1817, Edmund Doyle Mar 2021

The Panton, Leslie Papers: Two Letters Of Edmund Doyle, Trader, 1817, Edmund Doyle

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


The Parentage And Birthplace Of Osceola, Charles H. Coe Mar 2021

The Parentage And Birthplace Of Osceola, Charles H. Coe

Florida Historical Quarterly

It is commonly believed that the famous Seminole Indian chief, Osceola, 3 hero of the long and costly Seminole War, was the son of an Englishman named Powell, a trader among the Creek Indians of Georgia, by a Creek Indian woman.


Governor Johnstone In West Florida, C. N. Howard Mar 2021

Governor Johnstone In West Florida, C. N. Howard

Florida Historical Quarterly

The first letters and reports of Major Farmar upon the new province, West Florida, and the conduct of the military administration were received in the early spring by the secretary at war and, in due course, were forwarded to the new governor, George Johnstone, at his London house in Half- Moon street. The papers came from the secretary at war to the office of the secretary of state for the southern department. After inspection, they were returned to the secretary at war.


Spanish Mission Sites In Florida, Mark F. Boyd Mar 2021

Spanish Mission Sites In Florida, Mark F. Boyd

Florida Historical Quarterly

The story of the mission settlements established by the Franciscan fathers in northern Florida subsequent to 1633 still awaits telling. It cannot be adequately told until the Spanish archives are carefully searched.


Map Of Mission Sites, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Map Of Mission Sites, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

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