Florida--History--English colony, 1763-1784.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Blacks and Mulattos Captured and Held in Havana, 1762
Digital Record
Identifier: C.O. 117/2/27
Briggs, Warren, Papers
Collection — M1981-45
Identifier: M1981-45
Scope and Contents
Personal papers, 1976-1979, including his records as chairman of the task force for Action 76 goal setting (1976-1977) and as coordinator of Citizens Goals for Pensacola-Escambia (1977-1979). The Action 76 papers include materials concerning the celebration of the American Bicentennial in Florida and Pensacola, the development of citizens' surveys, and publications about the Pensacola Navy Yard, British West Florida, and a history of industrialization in Pensacola. Also included are histories...
Dates:
Created: 1976-1979; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1981
Gamble, Thomas, Letter
Collection — M1989-01SC
Identifier: M1989-01SC
Scope and Contents
A.L.S., Pensacola, Florida, June 3, 1772, to Loard Barrington; states Gamble has heard from General Gage concerning Gamble's appointment to rank of Captain, and thanks Barrington for his support in securing the appointment.
Dates:
Created: 1772; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1989
Panton Leslie and Company Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: M1986-10
Scope and Contents
Editorial and research files of Dr. William S. Coker, Editor, the Papers of Panton, Leslie and Company. Includes an extensive body of correspondence, business papers, court records, and other documents relating to the British firm and its successors, John Leslie and Company, and John Forbes and Company, 1739-1847. The company, under a monopoly granted by the Spanish government, engaged in an extensive Indian trade throughout the Old Southwest, and continued under British and American...
Dates:
Created: 1739-1847; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1987
Walsh, Ralph, Papers
Collection — M1980-15SC
Identifier: M1980-15SC
Scope and Contents
Manuscript documents concerning the arrest, trial, and attempted court martial of Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Walsh of His Majesty's 3rd Regiment stationed at Pensacola, by George Johnstone, Governor of West Florida, 1766. With affidavits of William Clifton, Chief Justice, and comments of General Thomas Gage.
NOTES: Manuscripts also mention continued friction between the British troops at Pensacola and the actions of Governor Johnstone against other officers including...
Dates:
Created: 1766; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980