BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WEST FLORIDA
(E-mail attachment from Helen Wigersma – 12/23/03)
1765-5
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.
A laudatory narrative poem on Galvez' capure of Pensacola
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.
A report, dated New Orleans, October, 1779, on the capture
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.
See the note on yellow fever at Pensacola, 1765, p. 23, 119;
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.
Brief comments on West Florida and Louisiana, ca. 1683‑
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.
UWF (copy)
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.