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FLORIDA

First separate edition. A scarce author's offprint from the Florida Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. XV, No. 1, 1936. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. The fort, composed of successive wooden and masonry fortifications, was occupied throughout the Spanish and British colonial periods, and by U.S. troops during the Second Seminole War. Capture of the Spanish fort by Andrew Jackson in 1818 was instrumental in events leading to the American acquisition of Florida in 1821.
$ 85.00

83. Campbell, Richard L. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF COLONIAL FLORIDA.
Cleveland: Williams Publishing Co., 1892. 284 pp.

First edition. Original dark maroon cloth, discolored (lightened) at both front board corners. A good copy. A tough book to locate in great condition. This is a well regarded history of the British rule in West Florida. Includes and ends with Andrew Jackson's successful invasion of 1818.
$ 350.00

84. Powell, Levin Myne. SURVEY OF THE COAST - APPALACHICOLA TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Washington, D.C., 1842. 34 pp.

First edition. 27th Congress, 2d Session. Ho. of Reps. Doc. No. 220. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume, minor scattered foxing. A very good copy. Referred to the Committe on Naval Affairs. Transmits: "A copy of the report of Lieutenant L. M. Powell, of the survey of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico" together with Powell's suggestions "the defensive means best adapted to the local features of this section of the country." A scarce and important work. Powell became lieutenant in 1826, fought in several engagements against the Seminole Indians in 1836-'7, and was wounded on Jupiter River in 1838.
$ 85.00

85. Reynolds, Charles B. THE LANDING OF PONCE DE LEON A HISTORICAL REVIEW.
Mountain Lakes, N.J.: Published By the Author, 1934. 31 pp., plates, illus.

First edition. Original printed wrappers. A near fine copy of this privately printed work. The Spanish conqueror and explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon (1460-1521), conquered the island of Puerto Rico and explored the coastline of Florida, which he named and claimed for the Spanish crown.
$ 45.00

86. Ridaught, Horace. HELL'S BRANCH OFFICE.
[Citra, Fla.: Privately published by the author], 1957. 240 pp., plates.

First edition. Original cloth. A near fine copy. "Story of the obscure little band of Choctaw Indians who entered Florida with General Andrew Jackson in 1814."
$ 150.00

87. Shinn, Josiah H. (comp). FORT JEFFERSON AND ITS COMMANDER 1861-2.
Governor's Island, N.Y.H., 1910. 25 pp.

First separate edition. A scarce offprint from the Journal Military Service Institution. Original printed wrappers lacking, small blindstamp of the Newburyort Public Library. A very good copy. Details the early war history of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida. Originally built in 1846, it was fortified in 1861-62 with 50 ft. walls and huge guns to protect the Gulf and Key West areas. This fort was retained by the Union throughout the war and used as a military and naval prison. Dr. Samual Mudd was sent there after being tried and convicted for complicity in the assassination of Lincoln. DORNBUSCH II, 1557. Not in NEVINS.
$ 35.00

88. Sollee, Arthur Neyle. THE ENGINEER SPEAKS MEMOIRS COVERING FIVE DECADES OF HIGHWAY PROBLEMS IN DUVAL COUNTY.
[Jacksonville?, Fla., 1982]. 198 pp., plates, illus, 2 folding maps in pocket at rear.

Two folding maps in pocket at rear entitled: 1884 Map of Duval County, Florida and (1931) Map of Duval County, Florida: Duval County Road System. First edition. Original burgandy boards. A very good, privately published memoir by one who helped plan and implement the Duval County road system. Sollee's gift presentation dated 1983 is on the front flyleaf.
$ 45.00

89. United States. Congress. INDIANS REMAINING IN FLORIDA, &C. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING INDIANS REMAINING
IN THE TERRITORY OF FLORIDA, AND RESPECTING RECENT INDIAN AGRESSIONS AND MURDERS IN WEST FLORIDA. Washington, D.C., 1844. 19 pp.

First edition. 28th Congress, 1st Session. Ho. of Reps. War Dept. Doc. No. 253. Original self- wraps, removed from bound volume, minor scattered foxing. A very good copy. Includes after action reports from members of the 7th U.S. Infantry operating near Camp Barrancas.
$ 150.00

90. United States. President (Martin Van Buren). MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT FROM MAJOR GENERAL JESUP OF HIS OPERATIONS WHILST
COMMANDING THE ARMY IN FLORIDA...JULY 7, 1838. [Washington, D.C., 1838. 12 pp.

First edition. 25th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Doc. No. 507. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume, yet a very good copy. A most important work transmitting to Congress the commander's report of operations in the Second Seminole War.
$ 650.00

H 91. United States. Senate. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE BILL (S.160) "TO PROVIDE FOR THE ARMED OCCUPATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THAT PART OF FLORIDA WHICH IS
NOW OVERRUN AND INFESTED BY MARAUDING BANDS OF HOSTILE INDIANS. Washington: Blair & Rives, 1839. 4 pp.

First edition. 25th Congress, 3d Session, Senate Doc. No. 163. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume. A very good copy. Prints a letter by Thomas S. Jesup dated Locust Grove, near Louisville, Ky., January 19, 1839 to Thomas H. Benton, Chairman of the Military Committee of the Senate, on how best to handle the remaining bands.
$ 75.00

92. United States. War Dept. REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR...TRANSMITTING COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA.
Washington, 1837. 24 pp.

First edition. 24th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Doc. No. 100. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume, lightly soiled. A very good copy. A compilation of primary source material on the 1836 fall campaign, the successful beginning of the Second Seminole War.
$ 250.00

93. Wilkerson, Warren Hager. OPENING THE CASE AGAINST THE U. S. DE SOTO COMMISSION'S REPORT BEING A "THOROUGHGOING EXAMINATION" OF THE PART IN RE PRESENT
FLORIDA OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE U.S. DE SOTO EXPEDITION COMMISSION... Jacksonville Beach, Fl., 1960]. iv,93 pp., maps (on covers) plotting De Soto's route.

First edition. Papers of the Alliance for the Preservation of Florida Antiquities, (vol. 1, no. 1). No. 460 of a limited printing of 500 numbered copies. Original stiff printed wrappers. A near fine copy. Detailed research on landing and march of De Soto's army.
$ 45.00

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