Sketches of St. Augustine
by Rufus King Sewall
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sewall, Rufus King, 1814-1903
- Title
- Sketches of St. Augustine With a view of its history and advantages as a resort for invalids
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Library and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F296: United States local history: Gulf States. West Florida
- Subject
- Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 52853
- Release Date
- August 19, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.SKETCHES OF ST. AUGUSTINE. WITH A VIEW OF ITS HISTORY AND ADVANTAGES AS A RESORT FOR INVALIDS.
- 2.INTRODUCTION.
- 3.CONTENTS. — SKETCHES.
- 4.CHAPTER I — LOCATION. — PECULIARITIES. — DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY. — BUILDINGS. — GREAT ANTIQUITY OF THE CITY. — APPEARANCE. — PUBLIC PLACES. — PUBLIC WORKS.
- 5.CHAPTER II. HISTORY—EARLY SETTLEMENT. — THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER. — TRANSACTIONS AT THE MOUTH OF THE ST. JOHN’S. — RETRIBUTION. — INCIDENTS IN THE SUBSEQUENT HISTORY. — THE BUCANIERS. — CAUSES OF BORDER TROUBLES. — EXPEDITION OF GOV. MOORE. — PALMER’S EXPEDITION. — OGLETHORP’S INVASION, A. D. 1740. — MINORCAN POPULATION. — DESTRUCTION OF THE ORANGE GROVES. — TROPICAL FRUIT CULTURE OF EAST FLORIDA.
- 6.CHAPTER III. ST. AUGUSTINE AS A PLACE OF RESORT FOR INVALIDS. — ADVANTAGES OF CLIMATE. — CLASS OF DISEASES REACHED AND FAVORABLY AFFECTED BY THIS CLIMATE. — TEMPERATURE. — TABLES OF THE COMPARATIVE AND ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE OF THIS CITY. — ADVANTAGES OF ACCOMMODATION. — RECREATION AND AMUSEMENT. — CARNIVAL. — SHERIVAREE. — FACILITIES OF COMMUNICATION.
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