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Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 20, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents


The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


New Books, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

New Books, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


From A Remote Frontier, Mark F. Boyd Mar 2021

From A Remote Frontier, Mark F. Boyd

Florida Historical Quarterly

Letters and Reports Passing Between the Commanders at Apalache (St. Marks), Governor Grant at St. Augustine, General Haldimand at Pensacola, and General Gage, Commander-in-Chief at New York, 19766-1767


United States Marshals For The Districts Of Florida, James B. Whitfield Mar 2021

United States Marshals For The Districts Of Florida, James B. Whitfield

Florida Historical Quarterly

This list was compiled by Judge J. B. Whitfield of the Supreme Court of Florida from data now in the U. S. government records in Washington


Research Projects On Florida Subjects, Watt Marchman Mar 2021

Research Projects On Florida Subjects, Watt Marchman

Florida Historical Quarterly

Walter B. Hill, librarian, University of Florida; Louise Richardson, librarian, Florida State College for Women; Charlotte Smith, librarian, John B. Stetson University; G. A. Nuermberger, reference librarian, Duke University ; Robert J. Usher, librarian, Tulane University; and to Mrs. Sarah H. Hall, University of Georgia Library. Without constant cooperation and advice of Professor A. J. Hanna, chairman, Advisory Council, Union Catalog of Floridiana, the compilation would not have been possible. An alphabetical arrangement has been adopted. Abbreviations are : contem. (contemplated) ; compl. (completed) ; prog. (in progress) ; print. (in press) ; art. (article).


John Milton, Governor Of Florida, Daisy Parker Mar 2021

John Milton, Governor Of Florida, Daisy Parker

Florida Historical Quarterly

Research on the War for Southern Independence has reached a phase of investigation touching on the political, economic, and social activities of the leaders during and before its outbreak. This research has seldom brought, altogether favorable revelations of the conduct of many of the Confederates in their official capacity. Statesmen of the Lost Cause, by Burton J. Hendricks, the most recent work of this type, assuredly implies a question of the patriotic activity of many Southern political leaders. Specifically are the Confederate governors faced with the charge that they hindered the successful political and military operations of the Confederacy. An …


That “Odd Being” De Brahm, Charles L. Mowat Mar 2021

That “Odd Being” De Brahm, Charles L. Mowat

Florida Historical Quarterly

Among the many interesting and distinguished figures who in one way or another were connected with the small community of British East Florida during its brief history none is more intriguing than its first surveyor general, William Gerrard De Brahm. A man whose versatility of genius went beyond even that of the typical eighteenth-century dilettante: a surveyor, engineer, botanist, astronomer, meteorologist, student of ocean currents, alchemist, sociologist, historian and mystical philosopher; he was also something of an eccentric in character, whose peculiarities are heightened for us by the odd ways in which his imperfect knowledge of the English tongue expressed …


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 20, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents


The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of The Defenses of Spanish Florida 1565 to 1763 by Verne E. Chatelain, and John and William Bartram, by Ernest Earnest


From A Remote Frontier: San Marcos De Apalache, 1763-1769 (Continued), Mark F. Boyd Mar 2021

From A Remote Frontier: San Marcos De Apalache, 1763-1769 (Continued), Mark F. Boyd

Florida Historical Quarterly

Letters and Reports Passing Between Lieutenant James Pampellonne in Command at Apalache (St. Marks) and General Gage, his Commander-in-Chief, at New York, 1764-1765


British And Spanish Fortifications Of Pensacola, 1781-1821, Stanley Faye Mar 2021

British And Spanish Fortifications Of Pensacola, 1781-1821, Stanley Faye

Florida Historical Quarterly

Late in the war for the independence of the United States, Spain joined France and this country in their contest with British power. The Spanish commandant of St. Louis sent a. company across the Illinois prairies to attack a British post beyond Lake Michigan; a larger force from New Orleans occupied the district of Baton Rouge and other western regions of British West Florida, and in March 1781 the governor of Spanish Louisiana came by land and sea and laid siege to British Pensacola.


The Proposed Division Of The Territory Of Florida, Walter Martin Mar 2021

The Proposed Division Of The Territory Of Florida, Walter Martin

Florida Historical Quarterly

Florida was ceded to the United States by Spain in 1821 as two quite separate provinces, East and West Florida. East Florida had grown up in the St. Johns river section and around the ancient city of St. Augustine. Bathed in Spanish tradition and custom, this section felt no dependence on or interest in West Florida which was centered some 400 miles to the west at Pensacola. There were virtually no towns between the two capitals, and most of the vast wilderness between St. Augustine and Pensacola was inhabited by Indians who were none too friendly. By nature the two …


Florida’S Part In The War With Mexico, T. Frederick Davis Mar 2021

Florida’S Part In The War With Mexico, T. Frederick Davis

Florida Historical Quarterly

The capture of a battalion of United States troops by Mexican forces on the Texas side of the Rio Grande, the disputed boundary, followed by an expedition into Mexico proper by General Zachary Taylor precipitated the Mexican war. When reports of these events reached Washington, Congress on May 12, 1846, passed “An Act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico". The following day, the act was approved by the President, who issued his proclamation that war existed between the two republics. The Mexican Congress declared war against the United States …


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 20, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents


Our Contributors, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Our Contributors, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


In Memoriam, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

In Memoriam, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Gifts to the Society’s Library and Archeological Notes


Notes, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Recent Publications: Federal Archives Of Florida, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Recent Publications: Federal Archives Of Florida, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This series of publications was described in the Quarterly, the issue of July 1940 (pp. 88-90). It is a WPA project. Each volume is an inventory of the archives of some department of the Federal government in Florida. Several additional volumes have now appeared: the departments of the Navy, Agriculture, Justice, Commerce, Labor, Farm Credit Administration, and Veterans’ Administration.


Manuscripts Of Florida Interest At The University Of North Carolina, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Manuscripts Of Florida Interest At The University Of North Carolina, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


From A Remote Frontier: San Marcos De Apalache, 1763-1769 (Continued), Mark F. Boyd Mar 2021

From A Remote Frontier: San Marcos De Apalache, 1763-1769 (Continued), Mark F. Boyd

Florida Historical Quarterly

Letters and Documents Passing Between John Stuart, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and Captain Harries in Command at Apalache (St. Marks), and General Gage, their Commander in Chief at New York, Stptember 1764


A Letter From Indian Key, 1840, Charles Howe Mar 2021

A Letter From Indian Key, 1840, Charles Howe

Florida Historical Quarterly

The writer was Charles Howe who was Inspector of the Port and Postmaster at Indian Key and a survivor of the massacre there three months before the date of this letter. He was also one of the two associates of Dr. Henry Perrine in his noteworthy horticultural enterprise. See this Quarterly, v. 38 (July 1926). Grateful acknowledgment is made for a copy of the letter to Dr. H. Bailey Carroll, Professor of History, North Texas Agricultural College.


Samuel A. Swann And The Development Of Florida, 1855-1900, Helen R. Sharp Mar 2021

Samuel A. Swann And The Development Of Florida, 1855-1900, Helen R. Sharp

Florida Historical Quarterly

The development of any community or geographic division is greatly influenced by those who promote its beginnings and further its growth. Among those who had confidence in the future of Florida was Samuel A. Swann, whose activities from 1855 to 1909 show that he was a valuable and conscientious supporter of the economic expansion of the state and of the city of Fernandina. His business interests were so varied and extensive in character that they present a cross-section of the development of Florida during the period in question, particularly in the opening of, public lands for settlement.


Spanish Fortifications Of Pensacola, 1698-1763, Stanley Faye Mar 2021

Spanish Fortifications Of Pensacola, 1698-1763, Stanley Faye

Florida Historical Quarterly

Spain knew toward the end of the seventeenth century that her enemy France soon would be colonizing the Mississippi valley. Wilderness guarded Mexico (New Spain) from an attack by any French soldiers who should garrison the future posts of Louisiana. In order that a hostile fleet might not sail against Spanish ports of the Gulf, Spain took steps to occupy the one still unoccupied Gulf port deep enough to serve as base for such a fleet. 1 So in April of 1693 a Mexican mathematician, Don Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, led an official expedition into Pensacola bay to investigate …


St. Augustine Under The British Flag, 1763-1775, Charles L. Mowat Mar 2021

St. Augustine Under The British Flag, 1763-1775, Charles L. Mowat

Florida Historical Quarterly

The city of St. Augustine, in the serenity which comes from nearly four hundred years of existence, inevitably carries the visitor back to the days of the Spanish Empire. Its narrow streets, its low coquina houses with their balconies overhanging the roadway, its shady square running from the old Governor’s House down to the bay, and above all the massive yet graceful lines of the fort which should be called as of old Castillo de San Marcos, all bring back the spirit of the Old World to blend with that of the New into something of its original charm and …


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Mar 2021

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 20, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents


The Confederate Baggage And Treasure Train Ends Its Flight In Florida: A Diary Of Tench Francis Tilghman Mar 2021

The Confederate Baggage And Treasure Train Ends Its Flight In Florida: A Diary Of Tench Francis Tilghman

Florida Historical Quarterly

Editor’s note : The widespread interest aroused by A. J. Hanna’s latest publication FLIGHT INTO OBLIVION suggests that readers of the QUARTERLY will wish to read the diary of Tench Francis Tilghman on which a chapter of that book is based. In editing the diary Professcr Hanna* has used the mass of materials he assembled through years of research for his book to give us a picture of conditions in Florida in 1865. For this he has a noteworthy heritage, as each branch of his family came to Florida before the War, and two of his great-grandfathers were here before …


Florida’S First Constitution Mar 2021

Florida’S First Constitution

Florida Historical Quarterly

The constitution of 1838-1839, formulated by representative delegates and adopted at the polls, represented the dominant will of the people of the Territory of Florida in emerging from a status of territorial dependence upon the Federal government into that of a sovereign State subject only to the Federal constitution.