The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-04

predomlnantly French in blood, but eVentu-
ally many Of its leading Inhabitants were
British. All the white inhabitants seem
] to have been contented and prosperous
under the British flag. 1t is said that an
! emissary bringing from the north copy
+ Of the Declaration of Independence was
! imprisoned and the reasonable document
oonfscated The settlement did not eA-
tend far into the interior. Fort Tom
becbe was abandoned, and there were but
| few white settlers above McIntosh's Blum
Practically the whole of the province
except the coast, was occupied by Indians
more or less friendly, but supervised from
Mobile or Pensacola.
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| Turning to East Florida, we find that,
only by stretch Of words could 1t be de-
scribed as a province at all, seeing that II
practically consisted of only two real SET
, tlements-St Mares at Appalachee on the
i Gulf, and St Augustine with its Dependent
cies on the Atlantic st. Mares was main
tanned for military purposes in order TO
keep an eye on the Indians, but the garrison
seldom exceeded a score OF men. 81.
augustine was then, as it is now, an inter-
esting place, but Mr.. Hamilton says that
of the existing remains, other than the
forts, only a few date as far back as the
British occupation The fact is often over
looked that in the eighteenth century
transfer OF sovereignty had much more
serious results for the inhabitants than 1t
has in our own. Theoretically, private
property was respected, hut as rule
the respect YVES carried only to the extent
of allowing the owners few months IN
which to effect a sale, unless, of course,
they would take the oath Of allegiance to
the new sovereign. After the British took
possession of East Florida the conduct OF
the commandment is said to have been so
oppressive that only five Spanish inhabi-
tants remained in St. Augustine.
We learn from the book before us that
one of the most important things accom-
plished by the British in East Florida was
the building of highways some OF which
are still known as kings roads. One was
constructed by subscription from st.
Mary's River to st. Augustine. Many OF
the names Of the subscribers indicate that
at the time South Carolina families resided
in that town. A bridge over the San Sc
bastian and the Improvement OF the light
house on Anastasia Island also date from
the British regime. In 1868 about forty
families came from the Bermudas to Mos
quito Inlet to engage in shipbuilding and
in the following year London association
brought from Minorca, Smyrna and else
where seine 500 people, and settled them
in East Florida under indentures which
required them to work for a fixed period.
About 1919 discomfort arose among these
colonists and eventually they broke out
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