Research Guides: Tracy W. McGregor Collection on the Discovery and Exploration of the Americas: Florida

Tracy W. McGregor Collection on the Discovery and Exploration of the Americas

Description

This sub-section includes "unique narratives" of early Florida history ranging from shipwrecks to personal accounts of war among and between Native American tribes.

Highlights

Observations upon the Floridas by Charles Blacker Vignoles
Call Number: Rare; F311 .V68 1823
Publication Date: 1823
Vignoles includes official papers as well as extracts from papers. A separate map of Florida accompanies this text, created with reference to surveys and observations.
A vindication of the measures of the President and his commanding generals, in the commencement and termination of the Seminole war by John Overton
Call Number: Vault; E83.817 .O96 1819
Publication Date: 1819
Overton's writings attempted to absolve the actions of the United States in the First Seminole War, which began with the cession of Florida from Spain to the United States and ended with the Seminole being pushed farther south into Florida.
A true story of some eventful years in grandpa's life by Henry E. Perrine
Call Number: Vault; CT275.P57 P3 1885
Publication Date: Pref. 1885
This biography was originally privately printed and addressed to Perrine's grandchildren as a collection of stories from his life and family history. These stories include his travels around the country and the world, as well as encounters with Native Americans.
Narrative of a shipwreck in the Gulph of Florida; shewing God's protecting providence, man's surest help and defence, in times of greatest difficulty, and most eminent danger. Faithfully related by one of the persons concerned therein, Jonathan Dickenson by Jonathan Dickinson
Call Number: Vault; F314 .D55 1803
Publication Date: 1803
An Affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith : who, with her husband and three daughters, were taken prisoners by the Indians, in August last (1814) and after enduring the most cruel hardships and torture of mind for sixty day
Call Number: Vault; E87 .S657 1815
Publication Date: 1815?
Memoria sobre las negociaciones entre España y los Estados-Unidos de América by Luis de Onís
Call Number: Vault; F314.O5 1820
Publication Date: 1820
A view of West Florida, embracing its geography, topography, &c. by John Lee Williams
Call Number: Map Case 1; F317.W5W7 1827
Publication Date: 1827
An authentic narrative of the Seminole war
Call Number: Vault; E83.835.A94 1836
Publication Date: 1836
A true and authentic account of the Indian war in Florida : giving the particulars respecting the murder of the Widow Robbins, and the providential escape of her daughter Aurelia, and her lover, Mr. Charles Somers, after suffering almost innumerable hards
Call Number: Vault; E83.835 .T86 1836
Publication Date: 1836
A narrative of the life and sufferings of Mrs. Jane Johns, : who was barbarously wounded and scalped by Seminole Indians, in East Florida ... Published exclusively for her benefit
Call Number: Rare; E83.835 .J65 1837
Publication Date: 1837

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