Historical Sketches of Colonial Florida — John Shaqi
Historical Sketches of Colonial FloridaCampbell, Richard L.
History
Historical Sketches of Colonial Florida
Campbell, Richard L.
Florida -- History -- To 1821; Pensacola (Fla.) -- History
Military Condition of West Florida in 1778—General
John Campbell—The Waldecks—Spain at War with
Britain—Bute, Baton Rouge and Fort Charlotte
Capitulate to Galvez—French Town—Famine in Fort
George—Galvez’s Expedition Against Pensacola—
Solana’s Fleet Enters the Harbor—Spaniards Effect
a Landing—Spanish Entrenchment Surprised—The Fall
of Charleston Celebrated in Fort George.
CHAPTER XIV 131
Fort San Bernardo—Siege of Fort George—Explosion of
Magazine—The Capitulation—The March Through the
Breach—British Troops Sail from Pensacola to
Brooklyn.
CHAPTER XV 142
Political Aspect of the Capitulation—Treaty of
Versailles—English Exodus—Widow of the White
House.
CHAPTER XVI 150
Boundary Lines—William Panton and Spain—Indian
Trade—Indian Ponies and Traders—Business of
Panton, Leslie & Co.
CHAPTER XVII 158
Lineage of Alexander McGillivray—His Education—Made
Grand Chief—His Connection with Milfort—His
Relations with William Panton—His Administration
of Creek Affairs—Appointed Colonel by the British—
Treaty with Spain—Commissioned Colonel by the
Spanish—Invited to New York by Washington—Treaty—
Commissioned a Brigadier-General by the United
States—His Sister, Sophia Durant—His Trials—His
Death at Pensacola.
CHAPTER XVIII 200
Governor Folch—Barrancas—Changes in the Plan of the
Town—Ship Pensacola—Disputed Boundaries—Square
Ferdinand VII.—English Names of Streets Changed
for Spanish Names—Palafox—Saragossa—Reding—Baylen
Romana—Alcaniz—Tarragona.
CHAPTER XIX 217
Folch Leaves West Florida—His Successors—War of
1812—Tecumseh’s Visit to the Seminoles and Creeks—
Consequences—Fort Mims—Percy and Nicholls’
Expedition.
CHAPTER XX 227
Attack on Fort Boyer by Percy and Nicholls—Jackson’s
March on Pensacola in 1814—The Town Captured—Percy
and Nicholls Driven Out—Consequences of the War to
the Creeks—Don Manuel Gonzalez.
CHAPTER XXI 243
Seminole War, 1818—Jackson Invades East Florida—
Defeats the Seminoles—Captures St. Marks—Arbuthnot
and Ambrister—Prophet Francis—His Daughter.
CHAPTER XXII 252
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