Florida founder William P. DuVal : frontier bon vivant /

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The biography of a well-connected, but nearly forgotten American antebellum politician.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Denham, James M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2015.
Temas:
Duval, William Pope, > 1784-1854.
1821-1865
Governors > Florida > Biography.
Gouverneurs > Floride > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Governors.
Politics and government.
Florida > Politics and government > 1821-1865.
Florida > Biography.
Floride > Politique et gouvernement > 1821-1865.
Floride > Biographies.
Florida.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scion of the Old Dominion
  • Soldier and war hawk politician
  • Judge and governor
  • Founder of the Florida Territory
  • Neamathla and a new territorial capital
  • A "corrupt bargain" and a new home in Florida
  • Trials, tribulations, and "left-handed justice"
  • "I have health, activity, good spirits, and a small share of perserverity"
  • "Harassed by the persecution of their neighbors"
  • Storm clouds on the horizon
  • "I intend to examine ... your relation to the president"
  • Nullifying an election
  • "I shall return very poor to Kentucky"
  • "Do all you can for Texas"
  • Canals, banks, and a constitutional convention
  • Faith bonds, division, depression, and a plague
  • "Tyler too," Washington intrigue, and St. Augustine
  • State of Texas, State of Florida
  • "I will not be the cause of disunion in our ranks"
  • Gone to Texas, gone to Washington.

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