The History of Saint Augustine, Florida

by William W. Dewhurst

[27] Williams’ Florida, page 190, A.D. 1837.

[28] Forbes’ Sketches, etc., N. Y., 1821.

[29] See Souvenir Album of Views in St. Augustine.

[30] A fine view of the cathedral, showing the four bells in the tower, and the ornamental front, is given in the Souvenir Album of Views in St. Augustine.

[31] Maza, engraver’s mistake.

[32] Forbes’s Sketches, pp. 85 to 89.

[33] From inquiry of the old inhabitants I do not find this statement confirmed. Perhaps the richer class of people made no use of the ground floors, but the general custom was to use them as is still done.

[34] Vignole’s History.

[35] Sprague’s History of the Seminole War.

[36] The finding of any bones is denied by Major H. W. Benham, U. S. A., on the authority of a Mr. Ridgely, Lieutenant Tuttle’s overseer. Major Benham took charge of the work upon the fort in January, 1839.