This year marks the 200th anniversary of Florida’s entry into the United States. As a result of the Adams-Onís (or Transcontinental) Treaty, the two Spanish colonies of East and West Florida were transferred from Spain to the United States and became a single American territory, initially with twin…
Above – Image of a well-to-do free woman of color (detail) from a Mexican casta painting. Ilona Katzew, La Pintura de Castas: Representaciones Raciales en el México del Siglo XVIII (Turner, 2004) One of the odder episodes in Andrew Jackson’s brief tenure as governor of Florida was the court…
The new territory of Florida entered the American Union with a population that still represented the core of its colonial population under Spain. Although American settlers would quickly migrate to Florida in search of land – the population rose from 8,000 people to 34,730 in just 10 years –…
Twin miniatures of John Houston McIntosh (1772-1836) and Eliza Bayard McIntosh (1769-1847) show a well-to-do couple of the early 1800s who lived in both Florida and Georgia. Eliza wears the high Empire style and lace cap of a young married woman. John Houston wears the tailcoat, waistcoat, and neckcloth…
