St. Augustine, Florida’s Colonial Capital

About this eBook

Author

Campen, J. T. Van

Title

St. Augustine, Florida's Colonial Capital

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson 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.) -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59484

Release Date

May 11, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ST. AUGUSTINE Florida’s Colonial Capital
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.CHAPTER I Settlement — The Spanish Treasure Fleets — The Huguenots Occupy Florida — Don Pedro Menéndez — The Rival Fleets — The Turn of the Tide — Capture of Fort Caroline — The Victor Returns — Fate of the Shipwrecked French — Other Difficulties — Gunpowder Versus Arrows — Menéndez Goes to Spain — On the Brink of Failure — Death of Menéndez
4. 4.CHAPTER II The Years Accumulate — First English Visit — Saving of Savage Souls — Another Crisis — Capital of La Florida
5. 5.CHAPTER III The English Threat — A Midnight Raid — A Stone Fort at Last — Settlement of Pensacola — Border Conflict — The Shipwrecked Quakers — The Castle’s First Test — The Capital’s Defenses — Palmer’s Raid — Oglethorpe’s Siege — Further Hostilities
6. 6.CHAPTER IV Under British Rule — British Rule Begins — The New Smyrna Colony — During the Revolution — Another Treaty
7. 7.East-Florida GAZETTE. — St. AUGUSTINE, May 17. — EAST-FLORIDA. — TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
8. 8.CHAPTER V Spanish Rule Returns — The North Florida Republic — A Bit of Spain — Ceded to the United States
9. 9.CHAPTER VI Under the United States — Visitors Begin to Arrive — The Freeze of 1835 — The Seminole War — A Peaceful Interlude — During the Civil War — Tourist Industry Resumed — Its Isolation Broken — The Flagler Influence — The Changing Scene — St. Augustine Today
10. 10.PUBLICATIONS
11. 11.Transcriber’s Notes

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