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Francis Eppes (1801-1881), Pioneer Of Florida, Nicholas Ware Eppes Dec 2020

Francis Eppes (1801-1881), Pioneer Of Florida, Nicholas Ware Eppes

Florida Historical Quarterly

These letters to John Wayles Eppes and to Francis Eppes, all in Thomas Jefferson’s own hand, are in the possession of their descendants.


John Quincy Adams And Florida, Frederick Cubberly Dec 2020

John Quincy Adams And Florida, Frederick Cubberly

Florida Historical Quarterly

It has been said that the defiant patriotism of John Quincy Adams secured to the United States possession of Florida. It settled, after years of controversy, the long standing differences between Spain and this country. The student of history who takes the trouble to search for details of the many transactions and negotiations that resulted in the Florida provinces coming under the American flag will find that the skillful diplomacy of Adams resulted in settling for all time the sovereignty of Spain on the North American Continent.


Address Of John C. Mcgehee Before The Southern Rights Association Of Madison County, June 7, 1851, John C. Mcgehee Dec 2020

Address Of John C. Mcgehee Before The Southern Rights Association Of Madison County, June 7, 1851, John C. Mcgehee

Florida Historical Quarterly

The high historical importance of this address lies in that ten years later John C. McGehee was elected (by a vote of five to one over several worthy opponents) president of the convention of the people of Florida, convened January 3, 1861, which passed the ordinance of secession. At such a time of stress and strong feeling it would seem that a man must be elected to that position at least as much because of his known opinions and long-held beliefs as for his ability and all other reasons.


Portrait Of John C. Mcgehee, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Portrait Of John C. Mcgehee, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Verso, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Verso, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

FHQ Officers and Board of Directors


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 5, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents


Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Letters Relating To Macgregor's Attempted Conquest Of East Florida, 1817, J. Skinner Dec 2020

Letters Relating To Macgregor's Attempted Conquest Of East Florida, 1817, J. Skinner

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


A Letter Of G. I. F. Clarke's Relating To Port St. Joseph, East Florida, George I. F. Clarke Dec 2020

A Letter Of G. I. F. Clarke's Relating To Port St. Joseph, East Florida, George I. F. Clarke

Florida Historical Quarterly

From the original in Bureau of Index and Archives, Department of State. Washington, D. C. Other letters of Clarke’s, also relating to the disturbances in East Florida, 1811-1818, were published in the QUARTERLY in July and in October, 1925; and still others, of which the originals are in the collection of the Society, will appear in future issues.


Bacheller Essay Contest In Florida History, A. J. Hanna Dec 2020

Bacheller Essay Contest In Florida History, A. J. Hanna

Florida Historical Quarterly

Florida’s high school students are developing a lively interest in the Irving Bacheller Essay Contest, one of whose objects is to stimulate original research in the history of this state. Realizing the importance of such a movement, the Florida Historical Society has approved this plan and has helped to make it a success.


Massacre At Indian Key, August 7, 1840 And The Death Of Doctor Henry Perrine, Hester Perrine Walker Dec 2020

Massacre At Indian Key, August 7, 1840 And The Death Of Doctor Henry Perrine, Hester Perrine Walker

Florida Historical Quarterly

While at Campeachy, (1827-1838), where he served as United States consul, Dr. Henry Perrine, a native of New York City and a physician and botanist, determined to devote the remainder of his life to introducing and endeavoring to acclimatize useful tropical plants in semi-tropical Florida. He studied the matter and made collections of plants and seeds. The United States Congress, by an act approved July 7, 1898, made a conditional grant to Dr. Perrine and his associates of a township of land in South Florida, to be selected by him; the Senate Committee on Agriculture having reported “. . . …


The Growth Of Florida's Election Laws, James Owen Knauss Dec 2020

The Growth Of Florida's Election Laws, James Owen Knauss

Florida Historical Quarterly

One of the neglected phases of American history is the development of election laws in the different states. Several monographs have been written showing the evolution and progress of certain reforms, such as the introduction of the Australian ballot, in the country as a whole, but these are usually not explicit and often not reliable regarding the subject in individual states. Articles and monographs on elections in each state are needed. It is entirely true that to obtain an accurate view of this subject the final monograph must contain a survey of the record of development in all states, but …


Verso, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Verso, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

FHQ Officers and Board of Directors


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 5, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents


Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Report Of The Treasurer, January 31, 1926, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Report Of The Treasurer, January 31, 1926, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Treasurer's Report for the Florida Historical Society


Report Of The Arthur T. Williams, President, To The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Report Of The Arthur T. Williams, President, To The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Presented in St. Petersburg, FL, on February 17th, 1926


Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Minutes from the 23rd annual FHS meeting, 1926


Old Tiger Tail Dead, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Old Tiger Tail Dead, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

From Tallahassee Floridian, October 25, printed from Key of the Gulf (Key West?).


John C. Mcgehee, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

John C. Mcgehee, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Though small mention is made of his name in the histories of Florida, Judge John C. McGehee was one of the outstanding figures of the state between the years 1835 and 1865.


Documents Relating To Secession In Florida, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Documents Relating To Secession In Florida, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

These documents are of great historical value, for, so far as known, none are of record, nor have any been published heretofore. The originals have been preserved in the family of John C. McGehee, president of the Florida secession convention. They are now in the possession of his niece, Rosa Galphin, of Fernandina, a student at the Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee. A sketch of Judge McGehee follows, written by Miss Galphin.


Some Florida Names Of Indian Origin, Frank Drew Dec 2020

Some Florida Names Of Indian Origin, Frank Drew

Florida Historical Quarterly

There is intense interest in venturing beyond the. horizon of recorded history into that of the prehistoric by way of tracing back to the time of the earliest Spanish explorations the aboriginal names of localities in Florida, and particularly such names of many of its bays, streams and lakes.


The Nine Old Wooden Forts Of St. Augustine, Part Ii, Jeannette Thurber Conner Dec 2020

The Nine Old Wooden Forts Of St. Augustine, Part Ii, Jeannette Thurber Conner

Florida Historical Quarterly

After Drake burned the fort at St. Augustine in 1586, the settlers gave the name of San Marcos to the wooden building which took its place - Fort Number Seven. They had long wanted and asked for a fort of stone, and it would seem as if the discovery of coquina by Pedro Menendez Marques, in 1580, should have helped to bring about the realization of their wishes; but always, something came up to prevent it.


Verso, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Verso, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

FHQ Officers and Board of Directors, and an illustration of a plan of St. Augustine, 1595


Title Page, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

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


Membership Roll Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Membership Roll Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Notes And Comment, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


The Occupation Of Pensacola Bay, 1689-1700, Part Iii, William Edward Dunn Dec 2020

The Occupation Of Pensacola Bay, 1689-1700, Part Iii, William Edward Dunn

Florida Historical Quarterly

The foregoing account is based chiefly on the following: Arriola to the viceroy, June 4, 1700; Franck to the king, June 4, 1700. Additional details are given in the French sources in Margry, Decouvertes et Etablissmentes des Francais, iv, p. 368 et seq.


Federal Raid On Tampa Bay, Florida Historical Society Dec 2020

Federal Raid On Tampa Bay, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

On the twelfth instant, the United States gunboat Tahoma, Lieutenant-Commander Semmes, after three months’ repairing and preparation, and taking on board a two-hundred-pound Parrott rifle, left here for Tampa Bay, arriving on the evening of the thirteenth, where she found the United States steamer Adela, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Stodder, and schooners Stonewall Jackson and Ariel, blockading.


The First Spanish-American War, A. H. Phinney Dec 2020

The First Spanish-American War, A. H. Phinney

Florida Historical Quarterly

This is a better title for a story of the disturbance that occurred in Florida in 1812 than the one usually given to it, viz: The Patriot War. The so-called patriots were nearly all citizens of the United States from Georgia and Tennessee. They were supported by soldiers and gunboats of the United States. They were under the orders of an agent of the United States and were financed, by the United States. That the events did not provoke a real war between Spain and this country is only explained by the fact that Spain had been drained of men …