Colonial Mobile: An Historical Study, Largely from Original Sources, of the Alabama-Tombigbee Basin and the Old South West from the Dis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781556134531)

This hefty work offers a very detailed history of the Mobile area which was under Spanish, French, British, and American domination at various times. The author examines: Exploration (1519-1670), the French Capital (1670, 1699-1722), The Department of Mobile (1722-1763), British West Florida (1763-1780), Spanish West Florida (1780-1813), and Americanization (1813-1821). The lengthy appendix reproduces numerous documents and narratives, and has a list of marriages, 1813-1821. End notes provide extensive supplemental material and documentation. The text is attractively illustrated with numerous maps and other illustrations. This is a revised and enlarged edition of a work which first appeared in 1897. The author was a Fellow at Princeton and an attorney in Mobile. He wrote several books on the history of the South. Larned calls his style "clear, concise, and vigorous."

Author: Peter J. Hamilton
ISBN-10: 1556134533
ISBN-13: 9781556134531
Publisher: Heritage Books
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2013
Pages: 772
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.93lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.54d