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Bennett, Charles Edward was born on December 2, 1910 in Canton, New York, United States. Son of Walter James and Roberta Augusta (Broadhurst) Bennett.
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Born into a wealthy and prominent Cape Fear River plantation family, Howe became a militia officer, justice of the peace, and legislator. In 1775 he was appointed colonel of the Second North Carolina Regiment and became commanding general of the Southern Department and the highest ranking officer in the states south of Virginia. He also served as a division commander with General Washington's main army in the New York Highlands, commanded the crucial West Point post, and put down mutinies in the American army. Originally published in 1991. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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This classic historical resource remains the most complete work on the establishment of Fort Caroline, which heralded the start of permanent settlement by Europeans in North America. America's history was shaped in part by the clash of cultures that took place in the southeastern United States in the 1560s. Indians, French, and Spaniards vied to profit from European attempts to colonize the land Juan Ponce de Leon had named La Florida. Rene de Goulaine de Laudonniere founded a French Huguenot settlement on the St. Johns River near present-day Jacksonville and christened it Fort Caroline in 1564, but only a year later the hapless colonists were expelled by a Spanish fleet led by Pedro Menendez de Aviles. The Spanish in turn established a permanent settlement at St. Augustine, now the oldest city in the United States, and blocked any future French claims in Florida. Using documents from both French and Spanish archives, Charles E. Bennett provides the first comprehensive account of the events surrounding the international conflicts of this 16th-century colonization effort, which was the actual "threshold" of a new nation. The translated Laudonniere documents also provide a wealth of information about the natural wonders of the land and the native Timucua Indians encountered by the French. As a tribe, the Timucua would be completely gone by the mid-1700s, so these accounts are invaluable to ethnologists and anthropologists. With this republication of Laudonniere & Fort Caroline, a new generation of archaeologists, anthropologists, and American colonial historians can experience the New World through the adventures of the French explorers. Visitors to Fort Caroline National Memorial will also find the volume fascinating reading as they explore the tentative early beginnings of a new nation.
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(In this biography of the River St. Johns, Bennett tells t...)
In this biography of the River St. Johns, Bennett tells the stories of the people who live on its banks, and gives the river's natural beauty a series of distinctive human faces.
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Bennett, Charles Edward was born on December 2, 1910 in Canton, New York, United States. Son of Walter James and Roberta Augusta (Broadhurst) Bennett.
Juris Doctor, University Florida, 1934. HHD (honorary), University Tampa, 1950. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Jacksonville University, 1972.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Edward Waters College, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University North Florida, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), Maine Maritime Academy, 1989.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Lawrence University, 1992. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Florida, 1994.
Practiced, Jacksonville member, Florida House of Representatives, 1941-1942; member, 81st-102d Congresses, 3d Florida District chair ethics committee, member armed services committee, chairman seapower subcommittee, 81st-102d Congresses, 3d Florida District professor, Jacksonville (Florida) U., since 1992.
( This classic historical resource remains the most compl...)
(Born into a wealthy and prominent Cape Fear River plantat...)
(In this biography of the River St. Johns, Bennett tells t...)
Captain Army of the United States, 1942-1947. Overseas in New Guinea andthe Philippines, including guerrilla fighting in Luzon. Member DAV, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Florida Bar Association, Jacksonville Bar Association, Jacksonville Junior Chamber of C. (president 1939), University Florida Alumni Association (president).
Clubs: Masons, Lions, Rotary.
Married Jean Bennett. Children: Bruce, James, Lucinda.