III. Manuscripts, 1529[?]-1861, n.d.
Scope and Contents Note
This series includes manuscripts collected by Smith. The manuscripts include documents and correspondence related to Catholic missionary work in Florida; documents and translations of Native American languages; and correspondence sent to John Leslie, co-founder of Panton, Leslie & Company, a mercantile firm involved in the slave trade.
Correspondence and reports, 1529[?]-1852, n.d.
Scope and Contents Note
Includes manuscripts related to the Spanish colonization and Catholic missionary work in the Americas. Includes a 1676 list of convents in Florida and a 1726-1727[?] report from Joseph Escudero, a Franciscan friar.
Testimony of Luis de Huerta, 1578 June 7
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the testimony of Luis de Huerta, a notary public, in a petition by Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca. Obtained by Smith in Seville on 1859 June 26. Possibly from the collection of Friar Juan Fogueras, a Spanish missionary.
"La prodigiosa navegacion de la Nave Santa Elena, que venia de la India de Portugal...", 1613, 1735
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a report about a ship, the Santa Elena, and a parchment folder.
Physical Characteristics Note
Bound in a folder stamped, "Spain Legation of the United States of America." Found in a parchment portfolio dated 1735.
Timucua and Apalache documents, 1688, 1866, n.d.
Scope and Contents Note
Includes manuscripts written in Timucua, Apalache, and Spanish, in addition to a disbound volume with printed Spanish translations. Inscription on volume reads, "The New-York Historical Society, these copies in seven sheets of original Spanish documents in the Timuguana and Apalache languages of Florida, from Buckingham Smith. October 2, 1866."
Access Restrictions
Available on Buckingham Smith Microfilm Reel 3.
"Compendio histórico de los descubrimientos conquistas y establecimientos del Nuevo-Mundo", 1781
Scope and Contents Note
A bound manuscript regarding the "conquest and establishment of the New World" written by Bernardo de Estrada.
John Leslie correspondence, 1781-1811
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence sent to John Leslie, co-founder of Panton, Leslie & Company, a mercantile firm in St. Augustine. Topics discussed include the sale of cattle and deerskins, conflicts with Native Americans, and the slave trade.
John Hambley diaries, 1794
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the daily diaries of John Hambly, a shopkeeper for Panton, Leslie and Company, and an interpreter of Native Americans languages.
Joseph Marion Hernández correspondence, 1815-1838, n.d.
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence to Joseph Marion Hernández, a plantation owner in Florida and brigadier general in the U.S. Army.
"Return of killed and wounded in the Battle of Withlacoochie", 1835
Scope and Contents Note
Includes list of troops and militia wounded or killed in the Battle of Withlacoochee [Ouithlacoochie] during the Second Seminole War.
Fairmont Bank dollar bills, 1861 July 13
Scope and Contents Note
Includes unsigned dollar bills. Inscription on verso: "One of many unsigned dollar bills taken from the military chest of General Garnett's army at the battle of Corrick's Ford, Cheat River, July 13, 1861, Bunham[?] Corps of Engineers Commanding."
"Arte de la Lengua Pima", n.d.
Scope and Contents Note
A bound manuscript about the Pimo Bajo language.
"Arte y Vocabulario de La Lengua Dohema, Heve o Eudeva", n.d.
Scope and Contents Note
A bound dictionary of the Eudeve language.
"Compendio del Idioma Mexicano Segun el metodo, y ensenanza del Son. D. Rafael de Sandoval...", n.d.
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a dictionary of the "Mexican language according to the method and teachings of the Son. D. Rafael De Sanadoval..."
"Vocabulario en Lengua Nevome", n.d.
Scope and Contents Note
A bound dictionary of the Nevome language.
Access Restrictions
Available on Misc. Mss. Microfilm Reel 4