Book/Printed Material History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the earliest times to and including the civil war by Thomas Frederick Davis.
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Image 1 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the …- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 9 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … History of Early Jacksonville- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 12 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … OFFICERS OF JACKSONVILLE BOARD OF TRADE 1911- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 13 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … At the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Jacksonville Board of Trade held this date the generous offer of the compiler of this work, Mr. Thomas Frederick Davis, to turn…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 14 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the …- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 15 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEING AN AUTHENTIC RECORD OF EVENTS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO AND INCLUDING THE CIVIL WAR BY Thomas Frederick Davis I JACKSONVILLE THE H. W. B. drew…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 16 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … CopyrigMed 1911 by THOMAS rEEDEKICK DAVIS (All rights reserved) ^l.rD CI.A303245- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 17 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. SUSAN A. HARTRIDGE (1829-1910) ONE OP THE FOUNDERS OF DANIEL MEMORIAL ORPHANAGE AND HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS, AND TWENTY-SIX YEARS ITS PRESIDENT; ONE OF THE FOUNDERS…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 18 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the …- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 19 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … FOEEWOKD. In the preparation of this work every effort has been made to use only reliable, authentic data. Eeferences are given whenever possible, and where the reference work is thoroughly indexed, only…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 20 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the …- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 21 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … CONTENTS CHAPTER I— EARLY HISTORY OF THE LOWER ST. JOHNS: Discovery of the St. Johns by the French Hugue- nots Erection of Fort Caroline Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spanish and…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 22 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … CONTENTS CHAPTER VI— THE SEMINOLE WAE PEEIOD: Opening of the Seminole war and conditions at- tending The old block house Attacks by the Indians Attack on the Johns family Panic of 1837…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 23 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … CONTENTS CHAPTER XII— 1855 to 1860: Continued growth Fire of 1856 Jacksonville Light Infantry Yellow fever epidemic of 1857 General town improvement Gas works Tele- graph Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Rail-…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 24 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … CONTENTS CHAPTER XIV— Continued the Confederates, and destruction of three Federal transports at that point Draughts made on Federal and Confederate armies near Jacksonville Only small detachment of Confederate cavalry left in…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 25 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … History of Early Jacksonville CHAPTER I. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE LOWER ST. JOHNS/ Authentic history of the lower St. Johns River begins with May 1st, 1562, when Jean Ribault* and his…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 26 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … 2 HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE Laudonniere, who was with Ribault on the former expedition, and who, with Eibault, had in the mean time gone back to France, returned to the Eiver May.…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 27 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE 3 The story of the colony at Fort Caroline is one filled with pathos and tragedy. In the beginning, the French enjoyed amicable relations with the Indians from…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 28 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … 4 HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE was incurred. Thoroughly disheartened, they decided at last to return to France. On August 4, 1565, Sir John Hawkins, returning from an expedi- tion to the West…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 29 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE 5 mouth of the River May, each unaware of the presence of the other. Menendez was not long, however, in learning from the Indians that Fort Caroline was…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 30 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … 6 HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE and only those persons who sought safety in flight, 60 in number, escaped the butchery of the Spaniards. Also, that Menendez caused his cap- tives to be…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 31 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE 7 grass marshes and after terrible hardships boarded two small vessels left by Eibault at the mouth of the Eiver May. They hastily set sail for France. A…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 32 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … 8 HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE one on the opposite side of the river. As De Gourgues sailed by these forts, their garrisons saluted him with their guns, supposing his vessels to be…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 33 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE 9 De Gourgues lectured them, reciting the circum- stances under which his countrymen had been slain. They were then hanged as Traitors, thieves, and murderers Having now avenged…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 34 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … 10 HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE early history of the Spaniards in Florida, after a careful study of the original archives in Spain, came to the conclusion that the fort was at St.…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 35 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE 11 In 1763, this bluff was described as being very imposing, and timbered with live oak, palms, and wild orange back from the river a short distance stood…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
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Image 36 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … 12 HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE river ran north The French called it the Riviere de Mai, or the River May. By the Spaniards it was first named San Mateo, in honor of…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 37 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE 13 CHAPTER II. THE COW FOED. The locality of Jacksonville was first known as the place where the Indians forded their cattle across the river, and was called…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 38 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … 14 HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE over this highway, and therefore through the site of Jacksonville. ENGLISH LAND GRANTS. Soon after Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain, 1763, the Marquis of Hastings obtained…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 39 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE 15 In the spring of 1774, John Bartram, the bota- nist, visited the Cow Ford and he mentions the existence of a public ferry here even at that…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911
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Image 40 of History of early Jacksonville, Florida; being an authentic record of events from the … 16 HISTORY OF EARLY JACKSONVILLE recorded but he and the Spaniards seem to have made an amicable settlement, since some years later he was granted lands in the vicinity of the Cow…- Contributor: Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick)
- Date: 1911