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Gauld, George (1732-1782) A View of Pensacola in West Florida / Vui de Pensacola dansk Floride Occidentale / To the Honorable Sr. William Burnaby, Rear Admiral of the Regt., / Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships at Jamaica, in the Gulf of Mexico / This View of Pensacola is Dedicated by his most obdt. humble srvt. Geo. Gauld. Under engraving: sold by T. Jeffreys in the Strand, London. Attributed to 1765 by Robert Rea; see his George Gauld: Surveyor and Cartographer of the Gulf Coast (1982), with explanation, p. 187, and reproduction of print, oppo. p. 60. Historic Pensacola Preservation Board; UWF (copy)
1767-1 A Letter from a gentleman in Pensacola, to his friend in South Carolina. Printed in the year 1767. [Charleston? S.C., 1767?] 8 p. 24 cm. Notes on the speech by Lt. Gov. Montfort Browne, "published in the Charles Town paper," with a criticism of the Governor's actions following the departure of Governor George Johnstone. From Brit. Museum, Additional Mss 21673, ff. 40-43 (Haldimand Papers); see also South Carolina Gazette, July 20, 1767. Reprinted, Pensacola History Illustrated, v. 1, no. 3 (1984), 5-7. UWF (copy)
1769-2 Gezigt van't Spaansche Hek Pensacola, aan de baay van dien naam, in de Golf van Mexiko, Beoosten den Uitloop Van De Rivier Mississippi. Naar een Tekening, Die op de Plaats Zelre, in't Jaar 1743, is Gemaakt. Engraving from Isaac Tirion's Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van Amerika, Volume 3, p. 319. Amsterdam: 1769. Engraving, 6 11/16 x 10 13/16 inches, depicts Pensacola as seen by Dominic Serres in 1743. This Dutch engraving is based on a view originally published in William Roberts and Thomas Jeffreys, An Account of the First Discovery and Natural History of Florida (1763) titled "A North View of Pensacola on the Island of Santa Rosa" and which is contained in some sets of the Scenographica Americana. In the Account (p. 11), the scene is described as "The town is defended by a small fort surrounded by stockades, the prinicipal house is the governor's; the rest of the town is composed of small hutts or cabbins, built without any order, as may be seen by the view, which was drawn by a person who resided here in 1743, and was in the service of the Havana company, and sent in a schooner laden with cargo for this place. UWF
1775-4 Lorimer, John Description of a new dipping needle. By Mr. J. Lorimer, of Pensacola, in a letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S. September 13, 1773. Royal Society of London, Philosophical Transactions, v. 65, pt. 1 (1775), p. 79 84. A note of Lorimer's "Universal magnetic needle, or observation compass." UWF (copy)
1781-8 Noticiosa, verica, triumfante, y victoriosa relacion que declara ... la restauracion de la plaza de Panzacola, la Florida ... el dia 8. Mayo de 1781. [Seville, 1781] 4 p.
in 1781.Not seen; title from William Reese, 1986 (catalog 46). 1787-9 Graham, John (b. 174O) John Graham's address to the master and worthy family of this house; showing his sufferings among the Indians in West Florida. Printed in November, 1787, for the benefit of John Graham and family and sold by no other person ... [County of Durham, England]: W. Appleton, Printer, 1787. Broadside, 31.5 x 20.5 cm. Distributed by Graham, a beggar, who had been held captive and tortured by Indians in West Florida, 1785. See note in John Carter Brown Library, Annual report, 1939, p. 29 80. Facsimile reprint in Garland Library of Narratives of North American Indian captivities, v. 18 (1978). UWF (reprint)
1792-4 A circumstantial account of the expedition which was made by His Catholic Majesty's command, against the English settlements on the river Mississippi, by Brigadier Don Bernardo de Galvez, Governor of the Province of Louisiana. The American Museum (Philadelphia), v. 12, pt. 2 (July December, 1792), Appendix II, p. 1 6.
of Manchak, Baton Rouge and Natchez; translated by Peter S. Du Ponceau. UWF (copy) 1796-2 U.S. Senate Claims to land in the southwestern parts of the United States, under a law of the State of Georgia. Communicated ... 29th day of April, 1796. ASP, Public Lands, v. 1, p. 34 67. (4th Cong., lst Sess. no. 21). Letter of Attorney General Charles Lee, April 28, 1796, enclosing papers relating to "the title to the land ... claimed by certain companies under a law of the State of Georgia," January 7, 1794. With text of treaties and correspondence, 1670 1787, relating to the boundaries of East and West Florida. UWF
1798-xxx U.S. Congress. Senate. Report of the committee to whom was referred the motion of the 17th January last, respecting the territory of the U.S. Southward and Westward of the State of Georgia. Published by order of the Senate of the U.S. Printed by W. Ross. [1798] 6 p.
1804-3 U.S. House Warrants of survey issued by the British government of West Florida. Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 13, 1804. ASP, Public Lands, v. 1, p. 189. (8th Cong., lst Sess. no. 95). Unfavorable report on the petition of Matthew Phelps, who settled in West Florida, 1774 1780. UWF
1807-4 Hawkins, Benjamin A concise description of the Creek Country, with some remarkable customs practised among the native inhabitants. Written by Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, agent for the Indian Affairs of the United States South of the Ohio, and communicated to Dr. Mitchill, December l4, 1805. Medical Repository (N.Y.), Second Hexade, v. 4 (1807), p. 36 43. The first publication of portions of Hawkins's "The Creek Confederacy," not printed in complete form until 1848 (cf. 1848-4). UWF (copy) 1808-3 Lee, William The true and interesting travels of William Lee, born at Hadfield, near Doncaster, where his parents were farmers, who apprenticed him to a flaxdresser at Doncaster, with whom he served seven years, and afterwards in 1768 went with a venture to America, where he travelled through the back settlements, and endured numerous hardships and many vicissitudes of fortune ... Copied verbatim from Mr. Lee's original mss. written at the express request of his aged mother. London: Printed for T. and R. Hughes ... At the Franklin Press ... [1808?] 1 leaf, [5] 4O p. front. See note of his arrival in West Florida, June 1774, where he became master of a small trading vessel, married a widow and settled on a farm about 35 miles from Pensacola, p. 26 28. In 1780, Lee escaped the Spanish by fleeing to Georgia, then sailed with other Loyalists to Jamaica. A supplementary letter to his mother, p. 36 4O, contains a description of the "dreadful storm" at Pensacola, ca. 1776, and an account of the Creek Indians. Cf. Sabin 39805; Eberstadt Cat. ll4 (1939), no. 455. University of Georgia (copy) 1809-4 U.S. House Land claims in the Mississippi Territory. Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 5, 1809. ASP, Public Lands, v. 1, p. 593 908. (lOth Cong., 2nd Sess. no. 154) Decisions of the commissioners appointed to settle land claims in the Mississippi Territory, with tables of British and Spanish land grants, ca. 1769 1795, p. 601 644; documents in support of claims, p. 645-858; and table of confirmed grants, p. 859 908. UWF
1811-11 Cramer, Zadok (1773 1813) The navigator: containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers; with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter; and a concise description of their towns, villages, harbours, settlements, &c. ... Seventh edition improved and enlarged. Pittsburgh: Printed and Published by Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum ... 1811. 295, [1] p., incl. maps. 18 cm. Of West Florida, p. 284 291. Corrections, p. [296]. University of Miami; UWF (copy) (F 353 C91 1814a) 1811-12 Lind, James (1716 1794) An essay on diseases incidental to Europeans, in hot climates, with the method of preventing their fatal consequences. By James Lind ... To which is added, an appendix, concerning intermittent fevers; and a simple and easy way to render sea water fresh, and to prevent a scarcity of provisions in long voyages at sea. First American, from the Sixth London edition ... Philadelphia: Printed by William Duane, 1811. viii, 268 p. 23 1/2 cm.
recipes to further good health, p. 83 [84] [Gulf coast recipe for chicken curee mentioned]; and mention of the death of many French settlers at Campbelltown, p. 161 162. UWF (copy, in part)
1812-7 Stoddard, Amos Historical data, abridged from the manuscript journal of a French officer, who came out under Ibberville. This journal contains the history of Louisiana from its foundation down to 1722 and may be relied on as correct. By Major Amos Stoddard, of the army of the United States. The Medical Repository, Third Hexade, v. 3 (1812), p. 300 302.
1722, contained in a letter to Samuel Latham Mitchill. UWF (copy)
1815-7 Pensacola. Niles Weekly Register, v. 7, Supplement (1815), p. 165 167. Extracts from the journal of William Ellis, August September, 1814, from the National Intelligenoer, January 2, 1815. Ellis was the "inspector of the revenue at Mobile, who was taken prisoner by the British and Indians, and carried to Pensacola ..." UWF (copy)
1816-9 The Appalachicola fort. From the Orleans Gazette. National Register, v. 2 (October 12, 1816), p. 107. On the destruction of the Negro Fort, with reflections on the Creek War and Spanish aid to the hostile Indians. An earlier brief account appeared in National Register, v. 2 (August 31, 1816), p. 15. UWF (copy) 1816-10 A shred of the late war; Appalachicola. Niles Weekly Register, v. 11 (August, 1816), p. l4 15; (September, 1816), p. 37 38. On M'Intosh's role in the destruction of the fort. Part [2] contains excerpts from a letter of a gentleman at New Orleans with a description of the fort and its destruction by the U.S. Navy. UWF (copy) 1817-7 U. S. Senate. Land titles in Florida. Communicated to the Senate, December 19, 1817. ASP, Public Lands, v. 3, p. 282 285 (15th Cong., lst Sess. no. 257). A memorial, January 24? 1817, of the Louisiana Legislature, on the confirmation of land titles in West Florida. See also the memorial of Elijah Clark and other legislators, New Orleans, January 25, 1817, protesting the earlier memorial, p. 285 286. UWF
1818-13 Alabama Territory. National Register, v. 5 (June 6, 1818), p. 367. Brief report, dated St. Stephens, May 9, on the militia from Fort Crawford which attacked "hostile Indians on Pensacola Bay, within one mile of the town of Pensacola," on April 25, 1818.
1818-14
U.S. House. Committee on Private Land Claims Report of the Committee ... in the case of P. C. S. Barbour, accompanied with a bill for his relief. [Washington:] 1818. 6 p. (l5th Cong., 2nd Sess. House report no. 16) Report, December 4, 1818, on Barbour's claim to 1,500 acres of land in West Florida. Not seen; title from Eberstadt Cat. 109 (1937), no. 46. 1818-15
U. S. President. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in relation to the manner the troops in the service of the United States, now operating against the Seminole tribe of Indians, have been subsisted, whether by contract or otherwise, and whether they have been regularly furnished with rations. January 30, 1818. ... Washington: Printed by E. De Krafft, 1818. 8 p. 23 cm. (l5th Cong., lst Sess. Sen. Doc. 87. Serial 2) With report of J. C. Calhoun, January 28, 1818, on shipment of supplies to be carried up the Apalachicola River. NASP, Military Affairs, 9:1 4. UWF (reprint) 1819-25 Clinch, Duncan L. Negro fort on Appalachicola; from the National Intelligencer. Niles Weekly Register, v. 17 (November 20, 1819), p. 186 188. A letter to Col. R. Butler, dated Camp Crawford, August 2, 1816, on the expedition, August 17 30, 1816, which led to the destruction of the fort. UWF (copy) 1819-26 Haines, Samuel Typography. Port of Pensacola. National Register, v. 7 (June 5, 1819), p. [353] 354. A letter from Pensacola, May 6, 1819, with comments on the harbor, the town and rampant speculation in real estate. UWF (copy) 1819-27
Themistocles (pseud.) To the Honorable Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives. National Register, v. 7 (January 30, 1819), p. [65] 68; (February 6, 1819), p. 84 86. A criticism of Clay's speech, January 20, 1819, on Jackson's conduct during the Creek war and the execution of Arbuthnot and Armbrister. The second part is entitled: "Calm considerations of the case of General Jackson." See also "Documents accompanying the letter of Mr. Secretary Adams to Mr. Erving ... in relation to the invasion of Florida and the execution of Arbuthnott and Ambrister," Ibid., v. 7 (March 6 through April 17, 1819), passim. UWF (copy)
1821-27 Miscellany--Florida from the Petersburg Intelligencer. Extract from a letter dated Pensacola (W. F.) April 27 to a gentleman in this town. Boston Weekly Messenger, June 21, 1821, p. 4, cols. 1-2. Description of Pensacola and vicinity. UWF (microfilm) (WF 475) 1821-28
Pensacola. Niles Weekly Register, v. 21 (September, 1821), p. 5l. On Pensacola's first newspaper, the Floridian (cf. 1821-15), with excerpts of its critical review of J. G. Forbes's "Sketches" (1821-16). UWF (copy) 1821-29
Transactions at Pensacola. Niles' Register, v. 20 (September 29, 1821), p. 73 75. Excerpts from Louisiana Advertiser, August 22, 1821, on the Jackson Callava affair. UWF (copy) 1821-xxx Alabama. Constitutional Convention. Memorial of the Convention of the people of the State of Alabama, assembled to form a constitution and State government, praying that a part of West Florida may be annexed to said State. February 22, 1821. ... Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1831. (16th Cong., 2nd Sess., Senate Doc. 109). 4 p. 24 cm. 1822-11 Dussueil, T. Le pilote du Golfe du Mexique et du Canal de Bahama; ou, Description des iles, bancs, hauts fonds, ports, rades, rivieres et baies qui bordent toutes ces cotes et celles de l'ile de Cuba; augmentee de details sur la navigation du Fleuve du Mississipi ... par T. Dussueil, Capitaine de Fregate en retraite ... publiee par ordre du gouvernement en 1805 ... Saint Malo [etc.]: Chez H. Rottier, Imprimeur Libraire ... 1822. [iv], 107 p. 20.cm. "Fleuve du Mississipi," with directions for sailing to the Chande leurs, Mobile and Pensacola, p. 27 38. See also notes on Saint Andrews, Cape San Blas, Apalachicola Bay and Tampa Bay, p. 38 4O. University of Miami; UWF (copy, in part) 1822-12 Products of Florida. American Farmer (Baltimore), v. 4 (September 6, 1822), p. 92. On the nut galls of Quercus cerris, common to West Florida; reprinted from the Pensacola "Floridian." UWF (copy) (MF 484) 1823-10 Williams, John Lee. [Journal of an Expedition to the Interior of West Florida, October- November 1823] [Tallahassee? n.d.] [30] leaves, photocopy.
Pensacola Gazette and West Florida Advertiser, March 27, 1824; April 3, 1824; April 10, 1824; May 29, 1824; and June 5, 1824. State Library of Florida; UWF (copy) 1823-11
Townsend, Peter Solomon (1796 1849) Account of the introduction of the yellow fever into Pensacola and New Orleans in the year 1822. By P. S. Townsend, M.D. New York Medical and Physical Journal, v. 2 (1823), p. 315 320. Notes on the disease in Pensacola derived from Perroquet Alba, of Pensacola, reprinted from the "Louisianian," February l5, 1823. UWF (copy)
1824-7 Adams, John Quincy (1767 1848) Letter of John Quincy Adams in explanation and vindication of Gen. Jackson's invasion and occupation of Florida and the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister. [Trenton? N.J., 1824] 16 p.
and Calhoun in the election of 1824. Not seen; title from Boston Public Library. See also Eberstadt Cat. ll4 (1939), no. 298, with imprint, n.p., 1828.
1827-10 Alabama and Florida. We are extremely gratified at learning that the zealous and respectable prelate of this district is now at Pensacola ... United States Catholic Miscellany, v. 6, no. 38 (April l4, 1827), p. 302. With a note of the oonsecration of Bishop Portier at St. Louis, November 5, 1826. UWF (copy) (MF 484)
1828-22 U. S. House Reserved lands for seats of justice and exchange of school lands in Florida. Communicated to the Senate, January 14, 1828. ASP, Public Lands, v. 5, p. 354 355 (20th Cong., lst Sess. no. 611).
location of the county seat. UWF
1829-14 Hall, Basil Forty etching from Sketches made with the Camera Lucinda in North America, in 1827 and 1828. Edinburgh: 1829. Not seen; from William Reese catalog 62 (April 1988); includes drawings of Creek Chiefs; strikingly similarity to McKenney and Hall engravings.
1830-9 Live oak plantation. From the "Floridian." Report of the overseer, of the number of and description of live oak cleared from other growth, at Deer Point, for the quarter ending the 18th of October, 1829. Niles Weekly Register, v. 39 (November 20, 1830), p. 211 212. A report by S. Davis, December 1, 1829, on the 60,000 trees planted on the eight mile tract. UWF (copy) 1830-10 U. S. House On an application for compensation for locating two townships of land for a seminary of learning in Florida. Communicated ... March 23, 1830. ASP, Public Lands, v. 6, p. 168 170 (21st Cong., lst Sess. no. 837).
on a survey of seminary lands in "the Chippola country" and resolutions of the Legislative Council disapproving earlier gift of land to Allen. UWF 1830-11
U.S. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs Memorial of Joshua Kennedy, of Mobile, praying Congress to indemnify him for losses sustained during the Creek War. March 15, 1830. ... [Washington: 1830]. NASP, Military Affairs, v. 8, p. 260 262. (21st Cong., lst Sess. Senate Doc. 947. Serial 193).
south of the 3lst parallel. Following Fort Mims, the Prophet (Josiah Francis) destroyed the mill, valued at $23,000. UWF
1831-16 Colin Mitchel et al. versus the United States. ... [Washington? 1831?] ix, [3] 736 p.
of the U. States. January term, 1831. Colin Mitchell and others, versus the United States. Appeal from the Superior Court of Middle Florida. In the case before the Superior Court R. K. Call and Richard C. Allen were attorneys for the U.S.; Joseph M. White for the petitioners. Index to the record, p. [i] ix; documents relating to the title to lands embraced by the Treaty of Washington, p. 1-644. Opinion of the Court [Superior Court of Middle Florida], p. 648 734, dated at end, Tallahassee, 2d November, 1830. See also text of decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (1835-4). UWF (copy, Panton, Leslie collection) 1831-17
College of Spring Hill, under the direction of the Right Rev. Dr. Portier, Bishop of Mobile. United States Catholic Miscellany, v. 11, no. 19 (November 5, 1831), p. l45.
rules and regulations. UWF (copy) (MF 484) 1831-18
From the Pensacola Chronicle, Nov. 30, 1830. On Thursday night last, a negro woman, the property of Dr. Lawson of the U.S. Army, came to her death ... Genius of Universal Emancipation, ser. 3, v. l (March, 1831), p. 192. Brief note of the crime committed by Lt. William H. Baker, U.S. Army, and the liberal treatment he later received. The story was reported in Pensacola Gazette, December 11, 1830, with the source as "the 'Chronicle' of the 3Oth ultimo." UWF (copy)
1831-19 Pensacola [a brief description]. Ariel, v. 5 (September 17, 1831), p. 169.
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Smith, Michael. The lost virgin of the South: a tale of truth connected with the history of the Indian War of the South ... by Don Pedro Cassender (Pseud.). Tallahassee: Published by the author, 1831. West Florida fiction. Not seen; Gardner, no. 912. 1832-11 Brackenridge, H. M. Extract from the Ms. memoir of the native of the Ohio. Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, v. 9 (April 21, 1832), p. 255 256. On the rapid growth of Pittsburgh, as suggested by William Robinson, an "esteemed school fellow." UWF (copy) 1832-12
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Alabama Conference. Journal ... [lst+ ] Session ... n.p., 1832 + Conference includes Pensacola district (Pensacola, Milton, Bagdad) and Marianna district (Marianna, Chipley, Ponce de Leon, DeFuniak Springs, Bonifay). See also 1956-67. UWF (1896 (64th); 1903 (71st); 1918 (86th); 1924 (92nd); 1932 (100th); 1938 (106th).
1833-15 U. S. House Correspondence and instructions relative to surveys of private confirmed land claims in Florida. Communicated ... January 4, 1833. ASP, Public Lands, v. 6, p. 519 555 (22nd Cong., 2nd Sess. no. 1085).
Office, January 2, 1833, and papers relating to private land claims and correcting certain errors in the Escambia River surveys. With a table of confirmed West Florida grants, p. 545. UWF 1833-16
U. S. House On the claim of Captain E. R. Shubrick, of the Navy, for the maintenance of a consul of the United States, on board of the vessel under his command, from Pensacola to Kingston, in the island of Jamaica, by order of the Secretary of the Navy. Communicated ... March 2, 1833. ASP, Naval Affairs, v. 4, p. 349. (22nd Cong., 2nd Sess. no. 517). UWF 1834-10 Marianna (Flo.) races. Commenced January 1, 1834 [to January 3, 1834]. American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, v. 6 (September, 1834), p. 42. Continued in Ibid., v. 7 (August, 1835), p. 619. See also note of Tallahassee races, v. 7 (February, 1835), p. 310 11, and (April, 1835), p. 420 421. UWF (copy) (MF 484, r. 404-407) 1834-11 A wolf chase in West Florida. American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, v. 6 (October, 1834), p. 82 87. A letter [signed at end, W.L.] dated Greenville, S.C., September, 1834, on a hunting party in Jackson County. UWF (copy) (MF 484, r. 404-407)
1835-22 Conrad, T. A. Notices of the geology of West Florida. Advocate of Science and Annals of Natural History, v. 1, no. 8 (March, 1835), p. 351 352. Notes on limestone formations, with excerpts from a letter of H. B. Croom. UWF (copy) 1835-23
Hulse, Isaac [Letter to Walter Gregory, Pensacola, February 18, 1835, on "certain points relative to the salubrity of Pensacola."] Army and Navy Chronicle, v. 1 (April 16, 1835), p. 127 128. Letter in response to Gregory's queries on the prevalence of yellow fever in the Pensacola area. UWF (copy)
1836-34 Letters advertised. Pensacola, April 1, 1836 ... Army and Navy Chronicle, v. 2 (May 26, 1836), p. 328.
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[Notes on several English and Spanish maps of Florida.] Army and Navy Chronicle, v. 2 (February 18, 1836), p. 102. Notes on a chart of St. Josephs Bay, by T. Jeffries, 1774, and a map of John Senex, 1719, showing the route of DeSoto. UWF (copy) 1836-36
The Seminole War. The New Yorker, v. 2 (October 22, 1836), p. 78. Report of the arrival of Paddy Carr and Jim Boy with 900 friendly Creek Indians at Apalachicola "destined for the seat of war in the Peninsula." With report of Thomas C. Elaby's murder of his son, at Three Brothers on the Apalachicola River. UWF (copy) 1836-37
U. S. House On a claim to land in Florida. Communicated ... February 18, 1836. ASP, Public Lands, v. 8, p. 494. (24th Cong., lst Sess. no. l442)
and others, heirs of Robert Farmer [Farmar], to quit title to lands near Mobile. UWF 1836-38
U. S. House On a claim to land in Florida. Communicated ... December 26, 1836. ASP, Public Lands, v. 8, p. 912 913. (24th Cong., 2nd Sess.)
West Florida. UWF
1836-39 U. S. House On claims to land in Louisiana. Communicated ... April 20, 1836. ASP, Public Lands, v. 8, p. 663 664. (24th Cong., lst Sess. no. 1513.) On land titles in the Florida portion of Louisiana, recommending payment of $1.25 per acre to the Morales grantees and suggesting a suit against the U.S. to quit titles in the area. UWF
1837-13 Most horrible murders. The New Yorker, v. 2 (July 1, 1837), p. 238. Report of "the murder of 12 Indian women and children, by a party of whites, somewhere near Pensacola," from the Pensacola Gazette, June 10, 1837. The incident occurred near La Grange, Ala., and was reported by Lt. Reynolds to a friend in Pensacola. UWF (copy) 1837-15
U. S. House On a claim to a pre emption right to lands in Florida. Communicated ... January 13, 1887. ASP, Public Lands, v. 8, p. 925 926. (24th Cong., 2nd Sess. no. 1566.) Favorable report on claim of Jennett Willis, assignee of James Minnie, to lands near the St. Marks lighthouse. UWF 1837-16
Letters advertised. Pensacola, January 1, 1837 ... Army and Navy Chronicle, v. 4 (January 26, 1837), p. 57. UWF (copy) 1838-28 Latest intelligence from Florida. Army and Navy Chronicle, v. 7 (November 22, 1838), p. 328. Letters from Tampa, November l and 3, 1838, on the removal of the Apalachlcola Indians. UWF (copy) 1838-29 U. S. House Supplemental estimates for Fort Caswell, North Carolina, and fortifica tions in the harbor of Pensacola, Florida, and other objects in oharge of the engineer department, for 1838. Communicated ... January 12, 1838. ASP, Military Affairs, v. 7, p. 899 901. (25th Cong, 2nd Sess. no. 763). With letter of William H. Chase, January 8, 1838, requesting an additional appropriation of S75,OOO for restoration of "the old fort at the Barrancas." UWF 1838-30
U. S. House. Committee on Private Land Claims Philip Barbour representatives of. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 492.) January 30, 1838 ... [Washington:] Thomas Allen, Print [1838] 6 p. 22 1/2 cm. (25th Cong., 2nd Sess. House Rep. 495) Petition of Philip C. S. Barbour for title to lands patented in British West Florida by his father, Philip Barbour, a loyalist, in 1768. State Library of Florida; UWF (copy) 1838-31
U. S. Secretary of War Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the state of the defenses of the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico, and on the northern and eastern frontier. March 6, 1838. ... [Washington: 1838]. [18] p. (25th Cong., 2nd Sess. House Doc. 199. Serial 327)
completion of Fort Pickens and need for a "line of defense in the rear of the Navy Yard." Reprinted, NASP, Military Affairs, I:306 323. UWF (reprint)
1839-14
Pensacola, West Florida. New Yorker, v. 8 (November 9, 1839), p. [113] ll4. An article signed "D," September 20, 1839, with a description of harbor fortifications, the Navy Yard and the need for railroad facilities to the North. Includes notes on visitors to the city, the village of Barrancas, the burial ground at Fort San Carlos, and efforts to grow silk trees (morus multicaulis). UWF (copy) 1839-15 U. S. House. Committee of Claims Reess, Roche, and Reess. February 13, 1839. ... Report ... claim of Messrs. Reess, Roche, & Reess, for compensation for repairs done by them on the road from Pensacola to Tallahassee ... [Washington:] Thomas Allen, Print [1839] 3 p. (25th Cong., 3rd Sess. House Rep. 277)
1840-13 [Parsons, Benjamin] The Christian layman; or, The doctrine of the Trinity fully considered, and adjudged according to the Bible. By a Christian layman ... Mobile, Ala.: Doubleday and Sears; N.Y.: C. C. Francis, and Wiley & Putnam, 184O. vii, [1], 371 p. 19 1/2 cm.
UWF (RBR BT 115 P3) 1840-14 New theatre! Mrs. Judah announces her benefit, and solicits the patronage of the ladies and gentlemen of Apalachicola. [Program.] Tickets $1, to be had at the box office, and of Mrs. Judah at the Florida House. [Apalachicola: January 4, 184O] Broadside on silk.
1841-10 Correspondence ... Pensacola, Oct. 1, 184l. Army and Navy Chronicle, v. 12 (October 21, 184l), p. 332.
frigate "Sabine." UWF (copy) (MF 484 R. 469-471) 1841-11
Parsons, Benjamin Eulogy on the private and public character, and public services of the late President Harrison. By Benjamin Parsons, esq. Delivered at Pensacola, April 17th, 184l. [Pensacola? 184l?] 12 p. 20 1/2 cm.
1843-12 Duels. [Note of a duel between Mr. Sierra and Midshipman Smith, of the U. S. Steamer "Poinsett."] Brother Jonathan, v. 6 (September 2, 1843, p. 23. UWF (copy) 1844-12 Hare, Joseph Thompson The life of the celebrated mail robber and daring highwayman, Joseph Thompson Hare, who committed depredations in the cities of New York and Philadelphia to the amount of nearly ninety thousand dollars. Also, of the cruel and ferocious pirate, Alexander Tardy. Philadelphia: J. B. Perry ... 1844. 1 leaf, 72 p., incl. illus. 15 cm.
Baton Rogue [!] and Pensacola," p. 17 23, and later experiences in Pensacola where he spent his ill gotten gain on balls and Spanish ladies, p. 24 25. Also issued as "The life and adventures of Joseph T. Hare," ed. by H. R. Howard. N.Y.: 1847. 107 p. Huntington Library; UWF (copy) 1845-11 Cooper, James Fenimore Sketches of naval men. Melancthon Taylor Woolsey. By J. Fenimore Cooper ... Graham's American Monthly Magazine, v. 26 (January, 1845), p. [13] 21.
commandant of the Pensacola Navy Yard. UWF (copy)
1846-17 Andrew P. Simpson, Joseph Forsyth, and Bagdad Mills, Appellants v. James G. Wilson. 4 U.S. (1846), 709-711.
assigned the use of the machine to Bagdad Mills. After Wordworth's death, his assignee brought suit over further use of the machine. UWF
1846-18 Reynes, Joseph, plaintiff United States District Court. Joseph Reynes versus the United States. Argument of counsel for plaintiff. Elmore & King, attorneys for plaintiff. New Orleans: Printed by Samuel M. Stewart ... 1846. 33 p. 21 1/2 cm. Cover title. Reynes claimed 4O,OOO arpents of land "situated in that part of Louisiana formerly called West Florida." His attorneys argued that his title was not affected by the Louisiana Purchase since Spain had jurisdiction over the region until 1810. State Library of Florida; UWF (copy) 1846-19 U. S. House. Committee of Claims J. C. Ray and others. May 4, 1846. ... [Washington: 1846] 1 p. (29th Cong., lst Sess. House Rep. 622. Serial 490) Unfavorable report on petition of citizens of New Bedford, Mass., seeking refund of fine and partial compensation for the imprisonment of Jonathan Walker in Pensacola. UWF (copy) 1846-20 U. S. House. Committee on Roads and Canals Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 522). July 24, 1846. ... Report ... [on] the memorial of ihe Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, and the memorials of numerous citizens of Alabama and Florida, asking that Congress would grant the alternate sections of the public land through which the contemplated road will pass to the said railroad company ... [Washington:] Ritchie & Heiss, Print [1846] 6 p. 28 cm. (29th Cong., lst Sess. House Rep. 793) A favorable report; includes text of the Company's memorial, p. 3 6, signed T. M. Blount, President of the Board of Directors, May, 1846. UWF (copy) 1846-21 U. S. House. Committee on Roads and Canals A bill for the benefit of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company ... [Washington: 1846] 2 p. 30 cm.
793.) July 24, 1846. UWF
1847-12 U. S. House A bill to provide for the construction of a dry dock at Pensacola for the use of the Navy of the United States. Washington: Jan. 25, 1847. Broadside, 1 p.
1849-11 Joseph Forsyth v. United States. (Joseph Forsyth, Plaintiff In Error, v. The United States). 18 U. S. 266-273.
Joseph Forsyth was found guilty of cutting timber on U. S. Government lands, fined and imprisoned. His appeal was blocked because of 1845 statehood, revising court jurisdictions. The U.S. Supreme Court declares it has jurisdiction and finds original indictment is by court with no jurisdiction and must be reversed. UWF 1849-12
Apalachicola Land Company Lots in the City of Apalachicola, and lands in the vicinity, belonging to the Apalachicola Land Company, to be sold at auction, at the Merchants' Exchange, in the City of N. York, on Wednesday, July 11, 1849, at 12 O'clock. By Cole & Chilton, auctioneers. New York: J. M. Elliott, Printer ... 1849. 12 p. 19 cm. University of Miami; UWF (copy) 1849-13
Navy Yard, Pensacola. From the N. 0. Picayune. Niles National Register, v. 75 (May 9, 1849), p. 290. A brief description, with a note on the library established there by Dr. Isaac Hulse. UWF (copy)
1850-10 Jewett, Charles C. Appendix to the Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, containing a Report on the Public Libraries of the United States of America, January 1, 1850, by Charles C. Jewett, Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Printed for the Senate, 1850. (U. S. Senate, 31st Congress, 1st Session, Miscellaneous, No. 120).
Pensacola, founded in 1847; Isaac Hulse is the Surgeon in Charge. UWF (copy) 1850-11
Drake, Daniel (1785 1852) A systematic treatise, historical, etiological, and practical, on the principal diseases of the interior valley of North America, as they appear in the Caucasian, African, Indian, and Esquimaux varieties of its population. By Daniel Drake, M.D. Cincinnati: Winthrop B. Smith & Co., Publishers ... 1850.
xvi, 878 p., incl. tables. xix pl. (incl. fold. front., maps, diagrs.) 24 cm.
p. 42 60, with a description of Key West, Tampa Bay, Fort Brooke, and Pensacola, p. 47 53; the "Hydrographical map," frontis., and map of the Pensacola region, oppo. p. 50, are by Major D. P. Whiting, 7th Inf., USA. "Medical topography of the regions east of the Gulf ..." p. 176 217, includes notes on Fort King and other Florida posts. A Second Series, with similar title, was published in 1854. Facsim. reprint., N.Y.: B. Franklin, n.d. UWF (copy) (Am.Culture Series, MF 759, R364/16) 1850-12 A Sermon preached in Pensacola on the death of a young member of the Church. Pensacola: A. Marzoni, "Democrat Office," 185O. 12 p.
Not seen; title from Eberstadt Cat., 115 (194O) 1851-16 Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813 1873) Reply of Mr. Mallory, of Florida, to the supplemental argument of Mr. Yulee, claiming his seat in the Senate of the United States. [n.p., 1851] 65, [2] p., 1 leaf. 20 cm.
December 7, 1850, p. [67 68]; p. [68] misnumbered; Errata and Note, p. [69]. Library of Congress; UWF (copy) 1851-17 Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813 1873) Statement of Mr. S. R. Mallory, U. S. Senator elect from Florida, in reply to the argument of Hon. D. L. Yulee claiming his seat in the Senate of the United States. [n.p., 1851?] 16 p. 22 cm. Not seen; title from UFPKY. 1852-15 Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813 1873) Corporal punishment in the navy. Speech of Mr. Mallory, of Florida, in the Senate of the United States, Jan. l4 and 15, 1852. On the restoration of corporal punishment in the navy. [Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852] 22 p. 24 cm.
UWF (RBR VB 910 M24) 1853-19 Connection of the Atlantic with the Gulf interests of Alabama. Montgomery and Pensacola Rail-road. DeBow's Review, v. l4 (June, 1853), p. 567-572. On the proposed line, with names of commissioners appointed from Florida and Alabama and an estimate of costs of construction. UWF (copy) 1854-22 Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813 1873) Improvement in the navy. Speech of Hon. S. A.[!] Mallory, of Florida, in the Senate of the United States, June 20, 1854. [Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1854] 7 p. 23 1/2 cm. On the bill establishing ranks, promotion and compensation of officers. New York Public Library; UWF (copy)
1855-17 Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813 1873) Speech of Hon. S. R. Mallory, of Florida, on the Collins Line, war steamers, the Navy, Vanderbilt's proposition. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 27, 1855. Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1855. 8 p. 28 cm. Not seen; title from UFPKY. 1855-18 Peck, John Mason (1789 1858) "Father Clark," or The pioneer preacher. Sketches and incidents of Rev. John Clark, by an old pioneer. N.Y.: Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, 1855. viii, [9] 287 p. front. 17 1/2 cm. Title on cover: The Pioneer Series, by Rev. J. M. Peck. Biography of John Clark (1758 1833), a native of Scotland and an impressed seaman in the British navy, who became a prominent Methodist clergyman in the Ohio Valley. See note of his travels down the Mississippi, ca. 1807-1808, and visit to Baton Rouge, p. 247 256. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
1856-21 Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813 1873) Effect of naval reform. Speech of Hon. S. R. Mallory, of Florida, on the law of 1855, for promoting the efficiency of the Navy, and the proceedings under it. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 15 and 16, 1856. Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1856. 30 p. 22 1/2 cm. Cover title: Speech of Hon. Stephen R. Mallory ... UWF
1856-22 Milton Phoenix (Milton, Fla.) v. 1 1856? Not seen; issue of April 29, 1856, cited in Hisiorical Records Survey, Weekly report, Oct. 18 29, 1937, p. 2. 1858-11 Lighthouses rebuilt at Pensacola, Florida and Sand Island, Alabama. Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, v. 38, no. 6 (June 1858), p. 745.
Pensacola Harbor. UWF (copy)
1859-14 Baker, William George (1810? 1855) The Christian lawyer: being a portraiture of the life and character of William George Baker. ... N.Y.: Published by Carlton & Porter, 1859. 320 p. 19 1/2 cm.
philanthropist, with account of his visit to Tallahassee, October, 1847, p. 171 175; travel by stage and carriage to Quincy, Marianna, Webbville, Hendricks, Milton, and Pensacola, p. 175 185. See also the brief account of his journey to Blakely, Mobile, New Orleans, Natchez and voyage up the Mississippi, p. 186 200. UWF
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Minutes of the proceedings. Tallahassee: 1859. 27 p.
no. 478 (located only in Library of Congress) 1859-16 Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813 1873) Speech of the Hon. Stephen R. Mallory, of Florida, on the Cuba bill, delivered in the Senate of the United States, February, 1859. Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy & Co. ... 1859. 32 p. 23 cm. Favors the purohase of Cuba which, because of its strategic location, would allow the U.S. to control access to the Gulf and curtail the slave trade. UWF (copy) 1859-17
Ship building at the South Pensacola Navy yard. De Bow's Review, v. 27 (December, 1859), p. 710 711. Excerpts from the "Tribune, Pensacola" on the use of live oak and yellow pine in the construction of the ship "Seminole." UWF (copy)
1860-23 Florida Railroads. Hunt's Merchant Magazine, v. 42, no. 1 (January 1860), p. 119-120; with The Florida Railway, Ibid., v. 43, no. 2 (August 1860), p. 256. Description of Florida railroads taken from the Pensacola Observer and a note on the completion of the Fernandina to Florida Keys railway. UWF (copy) 1860-24 Baptists. Florida. West Florida Association. Minutes of the Fourteenth annual session of the West Florida Baptist Association, held with the Campbellton Church, Jackson Co., Florida; on the 27th, 29th and 30th Oct., 1860. Marianna: "West Florida Enterprise" Job Office Print [1860?] 15 p. 21 cm. Cover title. Statistics of the churches, p. [8]. UWF (copy)
1861-13 Harper's Weekly. Harper's published a number of written accounts and engravings concerning the Civil War in Pensacola in 1861. Of note are the following: February 12, 1861, pp. 120, 122. "Fort Pickens, Pensacola Harbor, looking seaward--from a sketch by Mrs. Lieutenant Gilman" (120); narrative "Fort Pickens, Florida" (122). April 6, 1861, pp. 212-213. "The United States Gun-boat Wyandotte firing a salute on Washington's Birthday in Pensacola Harbor" also showing Fort Barrancas, Barrancas Barracks, and the U.S. Marine Hospital, (212); "The flag-staff bastion at Fort Pickens, Florida" (213); both drawings by "a member of Lieut. Slemmer's command" with a narrative on 'Our Fort Pickens Pictures' on pp. 212-213. April 13, 1861, p. 237. "View of the Boat-house and landing at Fort Pickens, Florida" and "one of the Ten flank casemate batteries at Fort Pickens, Florida" both by an "officer of Lieutenant Slemmer's command" with a brief narrative on 'boat-house and landing at Fort Pickens.' April 20, 1861, pp. 241-242, 246, 248-249. "The Confederate Batteries opposite Fort Pickens, Florida" (241); narrative 'Fort McRae' (242); narrative 'United States Fleet off Fort Pickens' (246) with lists of officers of the ships Sabine, Wyandot, St. Louis, Supply, Crusader, and Brooklyn; "The United States Fleet Off Fort Pickens, Florida" (248-249) drawings of the above- mentioned ships. May 18, 1861, 312-313, 316. "Reinforcement of Fort Pickens by Company A, First Artillery, on Saturday morning, April 13" (312); "The Apartment of the Berth Deck of the "Brooklyn" in which our artist resides" (313); "Disembarking the troops from the U.S. Ship "Brooklyn" to reinforce Fort Pickens, April 13, 1861" (313); narrative letter from "engineer officer on board" about 'The Reinforcement of Fort Pickens' (313, 316); both drawings "sketched by an engineer officer of the Brooklyn."
Fort Pickens" (325-327); "Evening Parade at Fort Pickens--Colonel Brown Announcing to his Men Major Anderson's Gallant Defense at Fort Sumter" (325); "The Second Reinforcement of Fort Pickens, on April 16, 1861" (328). June 15, 1861, 373-374. Narrative, 'Our Illustrations of Fort Pickens' (373); "General Bragg's Camp, as seen from Fort Pickens" (373); "Interior of a Sand-Bag Battery at Pensacola Bearing on Fort Pickens--sketched by our artist who has been traveling with W. H. Russell" (373); "One of the mortar batteries just erected on Santa Rosa Island to support Fort Pickens, built by Lieutenant Tidball." (374). See also 1861-4 for information on Russell. June 22, 1861, 395. Narrative, 'General Bragg's Encampment'; "Bivouac of rebel troops at General Bragg's camp at Warrington, Pensacola-- from a photograph" (395); "The Navy-Yard at Pensacola, as seen from Fort Pickens" (395). See also biography and sketch of W.H. Russell, June 22, 1861, p. 385.
July 27, 1861, 469, 471. "Wilson's Zouaves in the Ditch and Covered Way on the land front of Fort Pickens--sketched by an officer of the fort" (469); narrative, 'Wilson's Zouaves at Fort Pickens' (471).
"Judith" [sic] at Pensacola by United States Sailors under Lieutenant Russell, U.S.N." (641); "Burning the Pensacola Dry Dock, off Fort Pickens, Florida, on August 31, by Lieut. Shipley, U.S.A.--sketched by Charles F. Allgouer" (645); narrative, 'Our Army at Fort Pickens' (655). Privateer was Judah.
1861-13
Harper's Weekly (continued) October 26, 1861, 682. "Mobile, Alabama" drawing showing harbor and identifying points around Mobile Bay and Fort Morgan." October 26, 1861, 678, 687. "Camp of the Sixth Regiment of New York Volunteers (Wilson's Zouaves) on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, Fort Pickens in the Distance--sketched by Charles F. Alloguer [sic]" (678); narrative 'Colonel Wilson's Camp on Santa Rosa Island' (687). November 9, 1861, 705. "Attack upon the Camp of the Sixth Regiment New York Volunteers (Wilson's Zouaves) on Santa Rosa Island, October 9, 1861" (705); narrative 'The Fight on Santa Rosa Island' (705).
Santa Rosa Island and Fort Pickens in the Fore-Ground, Rebel Batteries and Navy-Yard in the Distance" (776-777); "The Battle of Santa Rosa Island, October 9, 1861--the Attack upon Wilson's Camp" (781); "The Battle of Santa Rosa--The Rebels Driven by the Regulars to their boats" (781); narrative, 'the Battle of Santa Rosa' (781). December 14, 1861, 787, 792-793. Narrative 'The Fight at Fort Pickens' (787); "Scenes At and Around Fort Pickens" (792-793), includes lighthouse, Fort Barrancas, rebel camp at Warrington, view of Warrington Navy Yard looking across to Pickens, etc. December 28, 1861, 820-821, 827. "Entrance to Fort Pickens, facing Fort Barrancas, after two days bombardment" and "Northern Row of Guns at Fort Pickens after two days firing" (820); "Birds-Eye view of Fort Pickens during the Bombardment" (821); narrative, 'The Fight at Fort Pickens' (827). UWF 1861-14
Gallant capture of a lady's wardrobe by the brave Florida troops ... Philadelphia: Published by J. L. Magee [1861] Broadside (col.) ca. 23 x 32 cm.
A lithographed print satirizing Florida secession and showing Fort Pickens in the background. Not seen; title from Eberstadt Cat. 132 (1953) 1861-15
Fort Pickens, Pensacola Harbor, Florida. (engraving) New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. Colored lithograph, 7 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches; date depicted, ca. 1861. [Currier & Ives 2266] UWF
1862-10 Harper's Weekly. February 8, 1862, pp. 85-86. Shows "The two bombardments of Fort Pickens" with "Interior of Fort Pickens January 1, 1862," "Battery Cameron," "Navy Yard on Fire," (both January 1, 1862), and "Explosion of shells, November 22, 1861." UWF (BWF oversize) 1862-11 Evacuation of Pensacola Navy Yard, forts, &c. Brigadier General S. M. Jones, commanding ... [Richmond? Va.: 1862?] [3] 6 p. 23 1/2 cm. Incomplete? Lacking p. [1 2]. Report, dated Mobile, January 24, 1862, of the evacuation of Pensacola, January 7 9, 1862. UWF
1866-12 Crary's rotary brick machine ... [Pensacola? 1866?] Broadside, [1] p. 22 x 21 cm.
Abercrombie, Pensacola, May 1, 1866. Not seen; title from stereotype cut, UWF, Crary papers.
1867-12 Brown, Harvey The relief of Fort Pickens. Army and Navy Journal, v. 4 (March 2, 1867), p. 446. Text of a letter, February 16, 1867, reprinted from the New York Times, correcting errors in Joel Tyler Headley's "forthcoming book," with respect to U.S. Navy actions at Pensacola, April, 1861. UWF (RBR U 1 A66) 1867-13 Wilde, Richard Henry (1789 1847) Hesperia; a poem, by Richard Henry Wilde. Edited by his son. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. viii, 333 p. 19 1/2 cm.
Half title, p. [iii]: Hesperia; a fragment by the late Fitzhugh de Lancy, Esq. [pseud.]; the work is dedicated, p. [v] to "La Signora Marchesa Manfredina Di Cosenza" [Mrs. Ellen (Adair) White]. The author was a friend and law partner of Joseph M. White. See notes to Canto I, Florida, p. [229] 333, with reference to Escambia Bay, Santa Rosa Island, Chipola Springs and elsewhere, p. [229] 256. Wilde's "The lament of the captive" beginning, "My life is like the summer rose" also had a Florida theme. See portions of the text and notes of its many derivations in Edward L. Tucker's Richard Henry Wilde, his life and selected poems (University of Georgia Press [1966]), p. 103 107, 274 275. Reprinted, N.Y.: Arno Press, 1972. UWF (reprint) (PS 3317 H4 1972) 1868-8 Pensacola, Fla., plaintiff The City of Pensacola versus Eudaldo G. Pintado. Record and arguments. Louisville, Ky.: Printed by J. P. Morton [1868?] 48 p. 24 cm.
A suit against the heirs of Vicente S. Pintado. Not seen; title from UFPKY
1869-25 An agreement entered into, this (17th) day of May, A. D., 1869, between W. C. Purman, C. E. Dyke, and N. C. Moragne, Commissioners on the part of the State of Florida, appointed under joint resolutions, on the 25th of January, 1869, and Messrs. J. L. Pennington, A. J. Walker, and Charles A. Miller, Commissioners on the part of the State of Alabama, appointed under joint resolutions, approved December 3lst, 1868, witnessed as follows: ... [n.p., 1869?] [3] 8 p. 21 1/2 cm.
The agreement called for the cession to Alabama of all lands in Florida west of the Apalachicola for the sum of "one million of dollars in bonds ..." State Library of Florida 1869-26
Kilby, John R. To the creditors of Jno. D. Myrick. The following order has been made in a suit, brought by certain creditors, in Florida ... [Marianna? 1869] Broadside. 35 x 22 cm. Signed at end: John R. Kilby, Trustee. UWF (copy) 1869-27 Mason, Emily V. The Southern poems of the war. Collected and arranged by Miss Emily V. Mason, of Virginia. Third revised and enlarged edition. Baltimore: Published by John Murphy & Co., 1869. [8] 524 p. frontis. 19 1/2 cm. First published, 1867. "Pensacola: to my son. By M.S.," p. 32 34; a poem by a New Orleans author. UWF (RBR PS 551 M3 1869) 1869-28 U. S. District Court. Northern District of Florida In the matter of the Alabama and Florida R. R. Co. declared a bankrupt ... The answer of W. A. Richardson to the petition of J. C. B. Davis et al. Washington City: M'Gill & Witherow, 1869.
6 p. 23 cm. Cover title. Not seen; title from UFPKY 1870-9 Alabama. Senate. Select Committee Appointed to Investigate the Action of the Commission to Negotiate for the Annexation of West Florida Report. Montgomery, Ala.: J. G. Stokes, 1870. l4 p. 23 cm.
1870-10
Bergrath, I. A. Ecclesiastical celibacy; or, Why Catholic priests do not marry. Re cast from the German by Revd. I. A. Bergrath. ... [Pensacola? 1870?] [ii], 55 p. 1@ cm. Dedicated, p. [3], to Rev. Henry V. Brown, of Chattanooga. Notre Dame University; UWF (copy) 1870-11 Pensacola Hope Hook and Ladder Fire Company Constitution and by laws and rules of order. [Pensacola? 1870?] 34 p.
1873-10 Pensacola Timber & Lumber Exchange Classification of lumber, as adopted by the Pensacola Timber & Lumber Exchange, on Thursday, May 22d., 1873. ... [Pensacola? 1873?] Broadside, l p. 21 x 25 cm.
1874-16 Cochran, Jerome The yellow fever epidemic of 1873. Alabama Medical Association, Transactions, 1874 (Montgomery: 1874), p. 1 63. Reports on the outbreak along the Gulf Coast and inland to Memphis, Shreveport and Montgomery. See note on Pensacola, based upon information supplied by Dr. Hargis, p. 15 17, and review of conditions in Mobile prepared in part by the author, p. 23 42. UWF (copy)
1875-19 Gray, Asa A pilgrimage to Torreya. American Agriculturist, v. 34 (July, 1875), p. 266 267. On the noted botanist's trip to the Apalachicola country, Spring 1875, to seek Torreya taxifolia and Croomia pauciflora, both of which were discovered by H. B. Croom. Reprinted with some alterations in Gray's "Scientific Papers" (Boston: 1889), v. 2, p. [189] 196. UWF (copy) 1875-20
Pensacola Grand Lodge. Pensacola Lodge no. 4 Constitution and by-laws, 1875. [Pensacola? 1875?] 24 p.
1875-21
Smith, C. Edgar Assignee's sale in bankruptcy, of steam saw mill, timber lands, stores, houses and furniture, logs, steamer, lighters and booms, &c., situated in Florida and Alabama. (To be sold as an entirety.) Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, the assignee of the Pensacola Lumber Company, bank rupt, will sell at public auction, on Friday, the 5th day of November, 1875 ... the following described real and personal property ... [N.Y.: 1875] Broadside, l p. 28 x 21 1/2 cm. On the sale of over 67,000 acres in Escambia County, Alabama, and Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, Florida. Signed, C. Edgar Smith, assignee, and W. R. Darling, solicitor for assignee. "For further particulars apply to ... Adna C. Conn, Esq., Molino, Florida." State Library of Florida; UWF (copy) 1877-11 Appletons' illustrated hand book of American winter resorts; for tourists and invalids. With maps. N. Y.: D. Appleton and Company ... 1877. [viii], v, [iii], l38, [2], 9 20 p. illus., maps. 20 1/2 cm. "Western Florida," p. 25 26. State Library of Florida 1877-12 Friend of the People (pseud.) The Florida railroads and their owners, and the Internal Improvement Fund. By A Friend of the People. [n.p., 1877?] 26, iii p. 25 cm.
Not seen; title from UFPKY. 1878-28 Pitt, John B. Home in Florida. Semi-Tropical, February 1878, p. 84.
mentions figs in Pensacola. UWF (copy) 1878-29
Janin, Edward Grant of land in West Florida by Cienfuegos Captain General of Cuba, to John Forbes & Co., dated January 10, 1818; account of the land claim of the heirs of John Forbes & Co ... [Washington: 1878?] 59 p. 24 cm.
Not seen; title from UFPKY 1879-21 Harford, W. M. A Short Sketch of the Life and Services of Jonathan Walker, the Man with a Branded Hand with a Peom by John G. Whittier and an address by Hon. Parker Pillsbury, one of Walker's anti-slavery friends and a funeral oration by Rev. F. E. Kittredge. Muskegon, Michigan: Chronicle Steam Printing House, 1879. 29 p. woodcut illus. Walker retired to Muskegon to farm and died there in 1878; this chronicles the funeral and erection of a monument to him. Includes a contemporary letter of John Greenleaf Whittier and Frederick Douglass; and Walker's Pensacola letter of 1844. UWF (copy)
1880-26 Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile Railroad Company, appellant Supreme Court of the United States. The Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile Railroad Company, appellant, vs. J. Fred. Schutte, et al., appellees. October term, 1880. No. 668. S. B. Stephens, solicitor for appellant. [Jacksonville? 1880] 24 p. 21 cm.
of Florida. This and two other parallel cases were decided by the U.S. Supreme Court (U.S. Reports, v. 103, p. 118 l45). The cases involved the manipulations of George W. Swepson and M. S. Littlefield, the obligations of the State toward purchasers of bonds in Holland and elsewhere, and the role of the State in the sale of railroad bonds. University of Miami; UWF (copy) 1880-27
Pensacola Grand Lodge. Joppa Lodge no. 6 Constitution and by laws. [Pensacola? 1880] 26 p.
1880-28
West Florida Fair Association Premium list, rules and regulations of the Second annual fair of the West Florida Fair Association, to be held at Marianna, Fla. commencing on Tuesday, 3Oth of November, 1880. And continuing four days. Columbus, Ga.: Thos. Gilbert, Steam Power Printer and Book Binder, 1880. 4l, [19] p. 22 1/2 cm. Advertisements interspersed. See brief notes on Jackson County, p. [3] 5; Washington County, p. [7]. State Library of Florida; UWF (copy)
1882-39 Hargis, Robert Bell Smith (1818 1893) The genius of medicine. Annual address presented to the Florida State Medical Association, 1882. New Orleans: L. Graham & Son [1882] 19 p., l leaf.
1883-29 Pensacola Knights of Honor. Bay Lodge no. 2505 By laws. [Pensacola? 1888] 9 p.
1884-35 Santa Rosa News (Milton, Fla.) v. 1 1884? Published weekly? "The only paper published in the County." Title from clipping, June 27, 1885, in Newton scrapbook, Axelson Papers, UWF; also issue of August 30, 1884 "Supplement" (petitions for liquor licenses). 1884-36
World's Exposition. A circular letter from the commissioner. Dear Sir: Having been appointed commissioner for Santa Rosa County to the World's Exposition at New Orleans ... Milton: Santa Rosa News, 1884? Broadside, 1 p. 25 x l4 1/2 cm.
to be displayed in Milton and at the fair in New Orleans. UWF
1885-41 Douthitt, J. F., Co. At the Florida Chautauqua, Lake de Funiak, Fla. February 12th, 13th & l4th, 1885 ... [The Sau Ah Brah bureau of Oriental entertainments. N. Y.: Lowe & Co., Printers, 1885] Broadside, 2 p. illus., port. 36 x 36 1/2 cm. Notice of the "Native Burmese humorist and Oriental Character Impersonator," surprinted at top of p. [1], with date of the act's appearance at the Florida Chautauqua. State Library of Florida; UWF (copy) 1885-42 Escambia County. Office of Board of Health [Broadside concerning yellow fever in Pensacola, July 7, 1885. Pensacola: 1885] Broadside, 1 p.
1885-43
Galt City is located on the Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad, fifteen miles east of Pensacola, and midway between Escambia and Blackwater bays. Milton, a charming village of 1,500 inhabitants, and Blackwater, of 750, are located five miles east on the Blackwater. ... [Pensacola? 1885?] Broadside, 1 p. 21 1/2 x 13 1/2 cm.
and A. W. Stewart. State Library of Florida; UWF (copy) 1885-44
Irving Messenger (Pensacola). Vol. 1, no. 1 (September, 1885) 4 p.
published? UWF (copy) 1885-45 Pittenger, William (1840 1904) Capturing a locomotive: a history of secret service in the late war. By Rev. William Pittenger. ... Washington, D. C.: The National Tribune, 1885. 354 p. front., 12 plates (incl. ports). 19 1/2 cm. First published, 1881. A re written and expanded version of the author's "Daring and suffering" (Philadelphia: 1864). See "From Atlanta to the Gulf," p. 274 293, including excerpts from "The adventures of Alf. Wilson" (Toledo, Ohio: 1880), on his escape from a Confederate prison at Atlanta. Wilson and a companion sailed down the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola rivers, and were eventually rescued by the U.S. Navy blockading fleet. UWF (RBR E 473.55 P674 1905) 1885-46
Watson, Thomas C. Sale catalogue, city property bought and sold ... [Pensacola? 1885] Not seen; title from UFPKY 1886-32 Pensacola Lumber and Timber Exchange Constitution and by laws. [Pensacola? 1886] 14 p.
1886-33 Workingmen's Building & Savings Assooiation. Pensacola Constitution of the Workingmen's Building & Savings Association, of Pensacola, Florida. Organized 1883. Pensacola: H. S. White, Prinier ... 1886. l5, [1] p. 15 1/2 cm. UWF (Yonge papers receipt book) 1887-35 Chattahoochee Valley Improvement Convention Report of the Chattahoochee Valley Improvement Convention, held in Columbus, Ga., May lOth and llth, 1887, for the improvement of Chattahoochee, Flint and Apalachicola rivers and Apalachicola Bay. Columbus, Ga.: Thos. Gilbert, Printer ... 1887. 27 p. tables (pt. fold.) 22 1/2 @m. State Library of Florida 1887-36
U. S. Senate Senator Call's resolution favoring an injunction against the Florida Navigation and Railway Co., and the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad Co. from selling lands granted to Florida in 1856. January 21, 1887. [Washington: 1887] l p. (49th Cong., 2nd Sess. Sen. Misc. Doc. 34) Not seen; title from Hickcox, 3:63. 1887-37
Knights of Pythias. Florida By-laws of Damon Lodge, no. 13, Knights of Pythias, of Pensacola, Fla. Instituted November 7, 1887. Pythian period XXIV. Pensacola: H. S. White, Printer ... [1887?] 34, [1] p.
p. [35].
UWF (microfilm copy from UFPKY) 1887-38
Southern States Forestry Congress Southern States Forestry Congress. The Second annual session ... will convene at DeFuniak Springs, Florida, on Tuesday, Feb. 15th, 1887. [n.p., 1887?] Broadside, 1 p. 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 cm.
C. C. Banfill, Secretary. UWF
1887-39 Merrill, George P. Fulgurities. U. S. National Museum, Proceedings, v. 9 (1886). [Wash.: 1887], p. 83-91. Includes description of tubes recovered by Silas Stearns from sand dunes on Santa Rosa Island, 1882. UWF (copy) 1888-31 Esoambia County. Board of Public Instruction Announcement. Colored Teachers' Institute. [Pensacola? 1888]
Not seen; title from UFPKY. 1888-32 Escambia County. Board of Public Instruction Curriculum, public schools. [Pensacola? 1888] With issues, 1890 1893. Not seen; title from UFPKY. 1888-33 Pensacola Advance Gazette Carrier's address, January 1, 1888. [Pensacola: 1888] Broadside, [1] p. 28 cm. At head: Pensacola, 1882. Advance Gazette. 1878, 1824 [sic]. PHM (70, 89, 4 (Ephemera Box 1)) 1888-34 Railroad Commissioners vs. Pensacola & Atlantic R.R. (George G. McWhorter, Enoch J. Vann and William Himes, as the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Florida, appellants, vs. The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad Company, appellee.) 24 Florida Reports 417 475.
Court, June term, 1888. The railroad, completed in April, 1883, established rates above those fixed by the Railroad Commission. The Supreme Court dismissed a lower court injunction and determined that the commissioners acted within their authority. See the extended argument by W. A. Blount, p. 428 456, which includes notes on the operation of the line and its earnings. UWF
1889-34 Curry, J. L. M. Constitutional government in Spain: A Sketch. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889. 222 p.
map, reprinted from his article in American Magazine of History, April 1888. (Cff. 1888-2). UWF
1889-35 Escambia County. Board of Public Instruction Announoement. White Teachers' Institute. [Pensacola? 1889]
Not seen; title from UFPKY 1889-36 Florida Press Association Minutes of proceedings of the eleventh annual session ... held at Pensacola, Florida, February 15, 1889, and St. Augustine, Florida, March 28, 1889. ... Jacksonville: DaCosta Printing and Publishing House, 1889. 24 p. 22 1/2 cm. Constitution [and by laws], p. [19 24]. The sessions were begun in Pensacola, but because of a yellow fever epidemic the meeting was moved to St. Augustine; cf. President's address, by Geo. R. Fairbanks, p. 7 10. UWF 1889-37
Pensacola. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, v. 33 (March, 1889), p. 292 297. A brief illustrated description. State Library of Florida (F 975.9991 p pph) 1890-21 Vason, W. I. Speech of W. I. Vason, editor of the State Alliance organ, before the Farmer's Alliance of Wes@ Florida, at De Funiak Springs, on July 4, 1890. [De Funiak Springs? 1890] l4 p. 22 cm. Caption title, p. 1. State Library of Florida (F 630.627 V pph) 1891-28 La Far, T. A. To the Honorable Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of Florida. Pensacola: 1891. 21 p.
On cover: Compliments of Dr. T. A. La Far, Pensacola, Fla. Not seen; title from Florida State University Library 1891-29
Wolfe, J. Dennis Florida lands and the land question, with an introductory chapter reviewing the state libel laws instituted by the railroad land agent. A question of personal privilege and of interest to the people. By J. Dennis Wolfe ... For sale at all book stores in the City of Pensacola. [Pensacola? 1891?]
38 p. 22 cm. Cover title The author was proprietor of the Pensacola "Commercial." Chipley sued the paper for libel, but the case was dismissed when a retraction was published. State Library of Florida; UWF (copy) 1892-29 The Florida Chautauqua (De Funiak Springs). v. 1, no. 1 (June 1892) [8] p. 39 cm.
An unpaged newspaper, modelled after the journal of the same title (cf. 1886-7). UWF (incomplete copy) 1892-30 Pensacola. Methodist Episcopal Church Directory. [Pensacola: 1892] With issue of 1902. Not seen; title from UFPKY 1893-28 Blount, William Alexander (1851 1921) The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, and M. H. Sullivan, as executor, and E. S. Sullivan, as executrix, of D. F. Sullivan, deceased, appellants vs. Wm. Richardson, as trustee, appellee. Appeal from Escambia County Circuit Court. Brief of Wm. A. Blount, attorney for appellee. Pensacola: H. S. White, Printer [1893] 4O, 11 p. 23 cm. Cover title. At head of title: In the Supreme Court of Florida "Translation of Pintado Grant," 10 p., at end. See also Sullivan vs. Richardson (January, 1894), 33 Florida Reports [1] 162 (cf. 1094-23). Not seen; title from UFPKY
1894-27 Montfort, R. Protecting piles against the "Teredo navalis" on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company's lines. American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, v. 31 (February, 1894), p. [221]-248; illus. A description of the concrete covered pilings first employed in 1887. See also notes on the effect of the hurricane of October 2, 1893, p. 228-248. A summary of the article appeared in Scientific American, v. 70 (May 26, 1894), p. 330. UWF 1894-28
Seamen's Friend Society. The articles of incorporation, constitution and by-laws of the Seamen's Friend Society, Pensacola, Florida. Pensacola: H. S. White, Ruler & Binder ... {1894?] 8 p. 15.2 x 9.3 cm.
UWF
1895-34 George, L. B. A Chautauqua in the wilds of western Florida. Home and Country (June, 1895), p. 1063 1070; illus. On the development of the Pensacola & Atlantic railroad through West Florida, its station at Lake De Funiak, and the development of the winter Chautauqua, by a Pensacola resident. With illustrations and portraits of W. D. Chipley and Wallace Bruce. UWF (copy)
1896-35 Florida. State Normal College (De Funiak Springs) The State Normal College, instituted at De Funiak Springs, Florida, for white students of both sexes. Tenth annual catalogue, 1895 1896, with announcements for 1896 1897. Rev. C. P. Walker, A.M., President. Pensacola: H. S. White, Printer, Ruler and Binder, 1896. 30, [2] p. map. 23 1/2 cm. State Library of Florida (F 370.73 F pph) 1896-36
Woman's Reading Club (Apalachicola) Constitution and by laws of the Woman's Reading Club of Apalachicola, Florida. 1896. Columbus, Ga.: Thos. Gilbert, Printer and Stationer, 1896. 7, [1] p. l4 1/2 x 9 1/2 cm.
1897-30 Woman's Reading Club (Apalachicola) [Year book] 1897 '98. ... [n.p., 1897?] 2 leaves, [10] p. 13 1/2 x 18 cm. With issue of 1900-01. State Library of Florida 1897-31 Baars, Dunwody & Co., Pensacola. Private cable code. Baars, Dunwody & Co., Pensacola, Fla., U. S. A. ... Pensacola: H. S. White, Printer, Ruler & Binder ... 1897. 294 p. 24 1/2 cm.
by Bureau International des Administrations Telegraphiques ..." UWF
1898-42 Chapin, Eugene (1832 ) By gone days; or, The experiences of an American, by Eugene Chapin, late acting assistant paymaster of the United States Navy. Boston: [Privately printed] 1898. 2 leaves, 120 p. + front. (port.), 3 plates. 19 1/2 cm. The author was appointed assistant paymaster in 1863, and served in Key West, Tampa and St. Joseph Bay with the blockading squadron. He later was stationed on the U.S.S. "James L. Davis," and made brief remarks on fishing in Pensacola, p. 81 110. Errata note tipped in, at end. Mrs. James Gardner, Lakeland 1899-38 White, Hansen & Mohr, Chicago, Ill. West Florida. [Chicago? 1899?] [24] p. illus., maps. 15 x 21 cm. Not seen; title from UFPKY 1899-39
Buck, Richard Henry Pensacola Pickaninny. Plantation Lullaby. Words by Richard Henry Buck. Music by Adam Geibel. Chicago, Illinois: Albright Music Co., 1899. [4 leaves] Sheet music. UWF (photocopy) 1900-36 Chumuckla Mineral Springs and Hotel Co. Chumuckla Mineral Springs. [n.p., ca. 1900]
1900-37
White, Hansen and Mohr Hints, facts and figures of the South. [n.p., 1900?] Not seen; title from UFPKY Download 0.93 Mb. Share with your friends:
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