Florida Founder William P. DuVal : Frontier Bon Vivant /
The biography of a well-connected, but nearly forgotten American antebellum politician.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia, South Carolina :
University of South Carolina Press,
2015.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.