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foreign exports were valued at $3,196,609, in 1897 at $8,436,679, and in 1909 at $20,971,670; the imports in 1909 were valued at $1,479,017. The important See also:

FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor in this vast development has been the Louisville & Nashville railway, which after 1895 built exten-ive warehouses and docks at Pensacola. There are excellent coaling docks—See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

COAL

coal is brought hither from Alabama—and a See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain elevator. Among the manufactures are sashes, doors and blinds, See also:

whiting, fertilizers, See also:

ROSIN (a later variant of " resin," q.v.)

rosin and See also:

TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine, and drugs. Pensacola Bay may have been visited by See also:

PONCE

Ponce de See also:

Leon in 1513 and by Panfilo de See also:

Narvaez in 1528. In 1540 Maldonado, the See also:

COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

FLEET

fleet that brought De See also:

SOTO, FERDINANDO [FERNANDO, Or HERNANDO] DE (1496?—1542)

Soto to the Florida See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, entered the harbour, which he named Puerta d'Auchusi, and on his recommendation De Soto designated it as a basis of supplies for his expedition into the interior. In 1559 a permanent See also:

settlement was attempted by See also:

Tristan de See also:

Luna, who renamed the harbour Santa Maria, but two years later this settlement was abandoned. In 1696 another settlement was made by See also:

Don See also:

ANDRES, JUAN (1740-1817)

Andres d'Arriola, who built Fort See also:

San See also:

Carlos near the site of the See also:

PRESENT

present Fort Barrancas, and seems to have named the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place Pensacola. In 1719, See also:

Spain and See also:

France, being at See also:

war, Pensacola was captured by Sieur de Bienville, the See also:

French In 1881 the United States See also:

government began to improve the harbour by dredging, and in See also:

JUNE

June 1909 the See also:

DEPTH

depth of the channel, for a minimum width of about 300 ft., was 3o ft. at mean See also:

low water.See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

LOUISIANA

Louisiana. Later in the same See also:

YEAR

year it was successively re-taken by a See also:

SPANISH

Spanish force from See also:

HAVANA (the name is of aboriginal origin; Span. Habana or, more fully, San Cristobal de la Habana)

Havana and recaptured by Bienville, who burned the See also:

TOWN

town and destroyed the fort. In 1723, three years after the See also:

close of hostilities, Bienville relinquished See also:

possession. The Spanish then transferred their settlement to the west end of Santa Rosa Island, but after a destructive See also:

HURRICANE

hurricane in 1754 they returned to the mainland.

In 1763, when the Floridas were ceded to Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, Pensacola became the seat of See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration for West Florida and most of the Spanish inhabitants removed to Mexico and See also:

CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba. During the War of See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

Independence the town was a place of See also:

REFUGE

refuge for many See also:

LOYALISTS

Loyalists from the See also:

NORTHERN

northern colonies. On the 9th of May 1781 it was captured by Don Bernardo de Galvez, the Spanish governor at New See also:

Orleans. Most of the See also:

ENGLISH

English inhabitants See also:

LEFT

left, but See also:

trade remained in the hands of English merchants. During the War of 1812 the See also:

BRITISH

British made Pensacola the centre of expeditions against the Americans, and in 1814 a British fleet entered the harbour to take formal possession. In See also:

RETALIATION

retaliation See also:

General See also:

Andrew See also:

Jackson attacked the town, See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving back the British. In 1818, on the ground that the Spanish encouraged the See also:

Seminole See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians in their attacks upon the American settlements in the vicinity, Jackson again captured Pensacola, and in 1821 Florida was finally transferred to the United States. On the 12th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1861 the See also:

NAVY

Navy Yard was seized by See also:

order of the state government, but Fort Pickens, defended first by an insignificant force under Lieut. See also:

Adam J. Slemmer (1828–68) and afterwards by a larger force under Lieut.-See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

Harvey See also:

Brown (1796–1874), remained in the hands of the See also:

Union forces, and on the 8th of May 1862 the Confederates abandoned Pensacola. Pensacola was chartered as a city in 1895.

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