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Book Review: Loyalists In East Florida, 1774 To 1785, By Wilbur H. Siebert, Kathryn T. Abbey
Book Review: Loyalists In East Florida, 1774 To 1785, By Wilbur H. Siebert, Kathryn T. Abbey
Florida Historical Quarterly
A review of Loyalists in East Florida, 1774 to 1785, By Wilbur Henry Siebert. (DeLand, Florida; The Florida State Historical Society, 1929. Two volumes, 263 p., 431 p.)
Bernard Romans’S Map Of Florida Engraved By Paul Revere, And Other Early Maps In The Library Of The Florida Historical Society, A. F. Harley
Bernard Romans’S Map Of Florida Engraved By Paul Revere, And Other Early Maps In The Library Of The Florida Historical Society, A. F. Harley
Florida Historical Quarterly
When we consider the materials, devices, tools, and instruments our forefathers used in their discoveries on the American continent and in mapping the newlyfound lands, we are left wondering how it all could have been accomplished.
East Florida In The American Revolution, 1775-1778, Edgar Legare Pennington
East Florida In The American Revolution, 1775-1778, Edgar Legare Pennington
Florida Historical Quarterly
The loyalty of East Florida to the British cause during the War of the American Revolution subjected her to occasional raids, and caused her governor not only to take measures for her defence but also to plan retaliatory expeditions. The best information on the subject may be derived from the letters and reports of the period.
United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-1813, T. Frederick Davis
United States Troops In Spanish East Florida, 1812-1813, T. Frederick Davis
Florida Historical Quarterly
Author’s Note. In November, 1927, Dr. Thomas B. Hall of Miami Beach, Florida, wrote me that the State Historical Society of Missouri was in possession of his great-grandfather’s papers written while in Florida. His great-grandfather was Lieut. Col. (afterward General) Thomas Adam Smith, who commanded the United States regulars in Florida in 1812-13. Through the courtesy of Arthur T. Williams, President of the Florida Historical Society, and Floyd C. Shoemaker, Secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri, I obtained copies of the papers alluded to. They comprise the retained copies of letters written by Col. Smith, which were kept …
Verso, Florida Historical Society
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
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 9, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents
In Memoriam, Florida Historical Society
In Memoriam, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Donations, Florida Historical Society
Donations, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Membership Roll Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society
Membership Roll Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Florida’S Mysterious Personality, Alfred J. Hanna
Florida’S Mysterious Personality, Alfred J. Hanna
Florida Historical Quarterly
Seventeen years ago Florida entered the fifth century of her history under European influence. Her past four centuries have been full to overflowing with conquests and colonization schemes fairly reeking with romantic adventure, and constitute a period difficult to rival in the colonial history of any commonwealth. Many fortunes, beginning in 1513 with that of Ponce de Leon and to a much larger extent in 1539 with that of Hernando de Soto, and including the fabulous sums of the boom in 1925, have been lavished on its shores. Great aspirations, untold struggles, and heavy human sacrifice have written the annals …
Report Of The Treasurer, Florida Historical Society
Report Of The Treasurer, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Annual Report Of Arthur T. Williams, President, Florida Historical Society
Annual Report Of Arthur T. Williams, President, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society
Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Indian Murders, Florida Historical Society
Indian Murders, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Beside the road leading westward from St. Augustine to Picolata on the St. Johns River there is a permanent marker with this inscription: THEATRICAL TROUP KILLED BY INDIANS, MAY 23, 1840. Varying accounts of this attack suggested a search for a contemporaneous narrative, and this extract from the Florida Herald of St. Augustine, the issue of May 29, 1840, appears to be the most trustworthy of those found. General Churchill (in Sketch of the Life of Bvt. Brig. Gen. Sylvester Churchill, New York, 1888, p. 45) states that he passed the party of actors shortly before they were ambushed, but …
A Tallahassee Alarm Of 1836, A Letter Of Captain William Chandler, U.S.N., William Changler
A Tallahassee Alarm Of 1836, A Letter Of Captain William Chandler, U.S.N., William Changler
Florida Historical Quarterly
This letter was written by William Chandler, Captain, United States Navy, to Julia J. Yonge.
Seminole Attacks Near New Smyrna, 1835-1856, Jane Murray Sheldon
Seminole Attacks Near New Smyrna, 1835-1856, Jane Murray Sheldon
Florida Historical Quarterly
This narrative was dictated in the year 1890 by Mrs. Jane Murray Sheldon to her daughter Mrs. R. S. Sheldon. A copy was later given to The Florida Historical Society. It was published during that year in the New Smyrna Breeze, a weekly newspaper of local circulation. Footnotes are now added by Professor R. Lee Goulding, of New Smyrna.
An Indian Attack Of 1856 On The Home Of Willoughby Tillis, James Dallas Tillis
An Indian Attack Of 1856 On The Home Of Willoughby Tillis, James Dallas Tillis
Florida Historical Quarterly
This narrative was dictated to the assistant editor of the QUARTERLY by James Dallas Tillis in October, 1929. Perhaps none now living, other than Mr. Tillis, have seen a hostile Seminole Indian.
Verso, Florida Historical Society
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
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 8, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents
Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society
Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Address Of The “Principal Inhabitants Of East Florida” To Governor Tonyn, June 6, 1783, John Forbes
Address Of The “Principal Inhabitants Of East Florida” To Governor Tonyn, June 6, 1783, John Forbes
Florida Historical Quarterly
In this address there may be perceived something of the shock and consternation resulting among the residents of British Florida from the sudden intelligence that the country was to be handed back to Spain and desuetude, and they were to be homeless. The high historical value of the document, however, lies in that it is a list of “the principal inhabitants of East Florida” at the time of the cession.
Reverend John Forbes (D. 1783), Edgar Legare Pennington
Reverend John Forbes (D. 1783), Edgar Legare Pennington
Florida Historical Quarterly
John Forbes was probably, born in Scotland. He received his education at King’s College in old Aberdeen, where he passed through the ordinary course of Greek, mathematics, and philosophy, and attended lectures in divinity. The University of Aberdeen conferred on him the degree of Master of Arts in the spring of 1763; the principal and masters certifying at that time that he had “behaved with great Modesty & Discretion, was diligent in his Studies, & made very good Progress in the different Branches of Learning.” On the 16th of May, 1763, he was recommended to the bishops of the Church …
Thomas Campbell To Lord Deane Gordon: An Account Of The Creek Indian Nation, 1764, Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell To Lord Deane Gordon: An Account Of The Creek Indian Nation, 1764, Thomas Campbell
Florida Historical Quarterly
The original of this letter is preserved by Sir Arthur Grant of Monymusk, Scotland; to whom, and to Mr. George Cole Scott of the Virginia Historical Society, grateful acknowledgment is made for copies of this and other documents relating to British Florida. The rarity of extant letters of this period and territory adds to its already high value as source historical material.
Elotchaway, East Florida, 1814, T. Frederick Davis
Elotchaway, East Florida, 1814, T. Frederick Davis
Florida Historical Quarterly
In 1811, when war clouds between the United States and Great Britain were gathering, the United States sent commissioners to Spanish Florida seeking a temporary cession to prevent its occupancy by the British in case of war. As might be expected Spain would not consent to such an arrangement, whereupon General George Mathews, representing the United States government in this negotiation, devised a plan to bring about a cession through the medium of a revolution of the inhabitants of East Florida, who would be assisted by residents of Georgia and by the regular armed forces of the United States. Such …
John Forbes & Co. Vs. The Chickasaw Nation A Journal Of An Indian Talk, 1805, Heloise H. Cruzat
John Forbes & Co. Vs. The Chickasaw Nation A Journal Of An Indian Talk, 1805, Heloise H. Cruzat
Florida Historical Quarterly
The original manuscript of this journal is preserved by Mrs. Heloise H. Cruzat of New Orleans, a descendant of John Innerarity of Pensacola, the last surviving partner of Panton, Leslie & Co. and its successor John Forbes & Co. Mrs. Cruzat has long been at work on the mass of colonial documents of Louisiana in the Cabildo at New Orleans, especially in abstracting and translating an Index to the Records of the Superior Council; this work, which is a synopsis of the records, is appearing continuously in The Louisiana Historical Quarterly. With the same skill she has transcribed this journal, …
Verso, Florida Historical Society
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
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 8, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents
Donations, Florida Historical Society
Donations, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society
Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Letter Of Marcus C. Stephens (Quincy, Florida, 1835), Marcus Cicero Stephens
Letter Of Marcus C. Stephens (Quincy, Florida, 1835), Marcus Cicero Stephens
Florida Historical Quarterly
The writer of the above letter was Marcus Cicero Stephens of Newbern, North Carolina. During the early years of territorial Florida, many settlers came to the region from the Carolinas and Virginia, due, partly, to the desire to establish pioneer plantations as speculative ventures and, partly, to the need of expansion to take care of the surplus slave property. Stephens was apparently a member of this group. His family was well connected, as his mother was the niece of Commodore James Barron of the “Chesapeake” fame. The plantation which was being established was located near Quincy, Florida ; and here …