The Matheson History Museum is thrilled to welcome back public historian, author, and former executive director Dr. Peggy Macdonald, to speak at the Matheson about Florida’s Female Pioneers. A book […]

The Letters of George Long Brown: A Yankee Merchant on Florida’s Antebellum Frontier

In 1840, twenty-three-year-old George Long Brown migrated from New Hampshire to north Florida, a region just emerging from the devastating effects of the Second Seminole War. This volume presents over […]

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Florida’s Female Pioneers – Peggy Macdonald

The Letters of George Long Brown: A Yankee Merchant on Florida’s Antebellum Frontier