Guide to Researching in Florida's Colonial Papers: British Source Materials about Florida (1763-1815)

List of military correspondence and headquarters papers in the Manuscript collections in the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan.

These selected documents from the Public Record Office, London, deal with naval affairs affecting the Spanish Floridas and the southern United States during the War of 1812. They include the all-important correspondence of Admirals Alexander Cochrane and George Cockburn (Admiralty [ADM] and War Office [WO]), reports sent to governors in the British West Indies (Colonial Office [CO]), and diplomatic correspondence (Foreign Office [FO]) immediately prior to the outbreak of war and during the early months of the war. The later diplomatic correspondence (1815-1816) is significant because it includes letters about the intrigues of George Woodbine and Edward Nicholls, British military officers, among the Creek Indians, and their efforts to arm Indians and maroons at a base on the Apalachicola River at the division of Spanish East and West Florida. Letters from 1816 and 1815 pertain to the Negro Fort at Apalachicola, and to the escape of slaves to this fort or onto British ships. Some correspondence also refers to the taking of Amelia Island by Gregor McGregor in 1817.

Originals are part of the Cochrane Papers, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. 6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm

PKY call number is F973.31 G786a Ser. 1

PKY call number is F973.31 G786a Ser. 2

175 reels. 35 mm. + index. Series 1. 1776-1831.--Series 2. 1780-1835.

"British Crown Copyright 1972. Reprinted by permission of the Controller of Her Britannic Majesty's Stationery Office." Part 1, first reel has title: Westward expansion, 1700-1783. Pt. 1-3: guide compiled by Linda Womaski and Randolph Boehm ; Pt. 4: guide compiled by Diane Dimkoff and Robert Lester ; Pt. 5: guide compiled by Robert Lester."

Most of these documents are indexed in the Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge / by Charles M. Andrews and Frances G. Davenport (1965).

Most of these documents are indexed in the Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge / by Charles M. Andrews and Frances G. Davenport (1965).

"The official and private correspondence and papers of General Sir Frederick Haldimand, Commander of posts at Three Rivers, Pensacola and St. Augustine 1758-1777, Acting Commander in Chief in North America 1773-1774, and Governor of Quebec 1778-1784, from the British Library (Add. Mss. 21661-21892)."

British army commander, posts of Three Rivers, Quebec, and Pensacola and St. Augustine, Fla., 1758-1777; acting commander in chief in North America, 1773-1774; and governor of Quebec, 1778-1784.

Contents: Informe sobre las provincias de Texas y Luisiana (Spanish, Report about the Provinces of Texas and Louisiana); Haldimand correspondence with General Gage, 1758-1777 (also in Haldimand film collection and in typescript); Haldimand miscellaneous, Indian affairs; Miscellaneous papers; Papers relating to Henry Bouquet; Auckland papers (selected); Hardwicke papers (selected); Papers relating to West Indies (selected); R. Morris miscellaneous collection (selected); Ports of North America, 1770; R. Cumberland narrative on secret negotiations with Spain, 1780-1781.
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