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Expedition Of Marcos Delgado, 1686, Mark F. Boyd Mar 2021

Expedition Of Marcos Delgado, 1686, Mark F. Boyd

Florida Historical Quarterly

By the time the Franciscan fathers began their conversion of the Indians in Apalache in 1633, Spain as a world power had long been in decline. Other European governments recognized the growing impotency, and several, including England and France, had begun to seize territory within the limits claimed by Spain across the Atlantic. After the early aggressions in the West Indies, the Spanish authorities in dread of further encroachments that might seriously threaten the security of their hold on New Spain, became, concerned over the extension of French interests in the interior of the continent and were alarmed when news …


Map: Portions Of Southeastern Alabama And Western Florida, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Map: Portions Of Southeastern Alabama And Western Florida, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 16, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents


In Memoriam, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

In Memoriam, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


New Members, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

New 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.


Report Of The President, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Report Of The President, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


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

Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


A Journal Of John Forbes, May, 1803, The Seizure Of William Augustus Bowles, John Forbes Mar 2021

A Journal Of John Forbes, May, 1803, The Seizure Of William Augustus Bowles, John Forbes

Florida Historical Quarterly

This journal is a part of the series of documents, survivals of the records of Panton, Leslie and Company and its successor, John Forbes and Company, the publication of which was begun in a late issue of the QUARTERLY. The originals are in the possession of Mrs. John W. Greenslade, who has transcribed them. Apparently a portion of this journal is missing. The series will be continued in the following issues.


United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part Iv., T. Frederick Davis Mar 2021

United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part Iv., T. Frederick Davis

Florida Historical Quarterly

The publication of this series of papers comprising the correspondence of Col. Thomas A. Smith, commander of the detachment of United States regulars that invaded Spanish East Florida in March, 1812, began in the July, 1930, issue of the QUARTERLY. This should be consulted for an explanation of the American invasion, and also for the details concerning the discovery of these important Florida records.


Soldiers Connected With Florida History Since 1812, Charles P. Summerall Mar 2021

Soldiers Connected With Florida History Since 1812, Charles P. Summerall

Florida Historical Quarterly

This address was delivered before the annual meeting of The Florida Historical Society, Feb. 10, 1931.


The New City Of Pensacola, 1835-1837, Dorothy Dodd Mar 2021

The New City Of Pensacola, 1835-1837, Dorothy Dodd

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Jacksonian era was a period in which our youthful republic was intensely concerned with the problem of making accessible her potential resources through the medium of internal development. Nowhere were the growing-pains of internal improvement more acutely manifested than in the country’s newest acquisition, the Territory of Florida.


The Battle Of Olustee (Ocean Pond) Florida, George F. Baltzell Mar 2021

The Battle Of Olustee (Ocean Pond) Florida, George F. Baltzell

Florida Historical Quarterly

This account of the battle of Olustee has been prepared at the invitation of the Florida Historical Society from the reports contained in War of the Rebellion, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. A careful study of this source leaves one unsatisfied where the aim has been to arrive at definite facts of such nature as would enable a fairly complete record to be offered. It is undoubtedly true that these official records must give more accurate and complete information than any others, since the reports were generally made within a few days after the events occurred and …


Verso, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Verso, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Lists the Officers and Board of Directors for the Florida Historical Society, as well as membership fees.


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 9, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents


New Members, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

New Members, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


The Significance Of William Augustus Bowles’S Seizure Of Panton’S Apalachee Store In 1792, Lawrence Kinnaird Mar 2021

The Significance Of William Augustus Bowles’S Seizure Of Panton’S Apalachee Store In 1792, Lawrence Kinnaird

Florida Historical Quarterly

William Augustus Bowles accompanied by William Cunningham and a band of Indians made up of Cowitas, Broken Arrows, Hitchetas, Ufales, Chichas, and Ousutches captured the Apalachee trading post of Panton, Leslie and Company on the 16th day of January 1792. This event was one of the most important incidents in the commercial warfare waged by the merchants of New Providence against the house of Panton.


United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part Iii, T. Frederick Davis Mar 2021

United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part Iii, T. Frederick Davis

Florida Historical Quarterly

This series of papers comprising the correspondence of Lieut. Col. Thomas A. Smith, commander of the detachment of U. S. regulars that invaded Spanish East Florida in March, 1812, began in the July, 1930, issue of THE QUARTERLY, which should be consulted for an explanation as to why the American troops invaded the Spanish province; and also for the details concerning the discovery of these important Florida records.


Letters Of John Innerarity: The Seizure Of Pensacola By Andrew Jackson, November 7, 1814, John Innerarity Mar 2021

Letters Of John Innerarity: The Seizure Of Pensacola By Andrew Jackson, November 7, 1814, John Innerarity

Florida Historical Quarterly

These letters are a part of the series of documents, survivals of the records of Panton, Leslie and Company and its successor, John Forbes and Company, the publication of which was begun in a late issue of the QUARTERLY. The originals are in the possession of Mrs. John W. Greenslade, a greatgranddaughter of John Innerarity, who has transcribed them. The series will be continued in the following issues.


Verso, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Verso, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Lists the Officers and Board of Directors for the Florida Historical Society, as well as membership fees.


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 9, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents


Some Church History Of St. Augustine During The Spanish Regime, Wilbur H. Siebert Mar 2021

Some Church History Of St. Augustine During The Spanish Regime, Wilbur H. Siebert

Florida Historical Quarterly

When the Spaniards evacuated St. Augustine in 1763 and 1764 they took with them to Havana all the altars, images, vestments, canopies, cushions, bells, and even the wax tapers of their churches, religious brotherhoods, and the Franciscan convent. All this sacred paraphernalia was in charge of the warden of the parish church, Simon de Hita, and was transported to its destination in the schooner Our Lady of Light, which cast anchor in the harbor of Havana about February 1, 1764


United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part Ii, T. Frederick Davis Mar 2021

United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-13 Part Ii, T. Frederick Davis

Florida Historical Quarterly

The publication of this series of papers, comprising the correspondence of Lieut. Col. Thomas A. Smith, commander of the detachment of United States regulars that invaded Spanish East Florida in March, 1812, began in the July, 1930, issue of the QUARTERLY. This should be consulted for an explanation as to why the American troops invaded the Spanish province, and also for the details concerning the discovery of these important Florida records.


John Innerarity, 1783-1854, Marie Taylor Greenslade Mar 2021

John Innerarity, 1783-1854, Marie Taylor Greenslade

Florida Historical Quarterly

This biographical sketch has been prepared mainly from letters and other documents now in the possession of the author and Mrs. Heloise H. Cruzat, of New Orleans, both descendants of John Innerarity. Those papers are survivals of the records of Panton, Leslie & Co. and its successor, John Forbes & Co., which have been preserved by John Innerarity and his family. Selections from them will appear continuously in many issues of the QUARTERLY. As William Panton and his partners and successors were the foremost merchants and Indian traders of the entire Southern country, these records are of great value. Historical …


Obligation Of The Chiefs And Head-Men Of The Upper Creek Towns To John Forbes & Co., M. Mckinsey Mar 2021

Obligation Of The Chiefs And Head-Men Of The Upper Creek Towns To John Forbes & Co., M. Mckinsey

Florida Historical Quarterly

Obligation of the Chiefs and Head-men of the Upper Towns of the Creek Nationa to John Forbes & Co. ,, Nov ember 1, 1812


List Of Debts Due By The Traders And Factors, John Innerarity Mar 2021

List Of Debts Due By The Traders And Factors, John Innerarity

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


The Creek Nation, Debtor To John Forbes & Co., Successors To Panton, Leslie & Co., A Journal Of John Innerarity, John Innerarity Mar 2021

The Creek Nation, Debtor To John Forbes & Co., Successors To Panton, Leslie & Co., A Journal Of John Innerarity, John Innerarity

Florida Historical Quarterly

This journal is a record of a journey made by John Innerarity, a partner in the firm of John Forbes & Co., into the Creek Nation and of a talk with the chiefs of that nation assembled to make a settlement with him for debts of the nation to the company. The original manuscript is in the possession of Mrs. John W. Greenslade, of Washington, D. C., a great-granddaughter of the journalist, to whom grateful acknowledgment is made.


Verso, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Verso, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Lists the Officers and Board of Directors for the Florida Historical Society, as well as membership fees.


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 9, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents


New Members, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

New Members, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.