Abstract
Andrew Turnbull, the principal founder of the New Smyrna Colony, was not the first who thought of bringing Greeks to people Florida. Immediately after the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which transferred Florida into British hands, William Knox, in a memorial to Whitehall, had already made this suggestion in a very convincing way. Knox, who later was Under-Secretary of State for American Affairs from 1770 to 1782, made, in his memorial, a detailed analysis of conditions and possibilities of the newly acquired Province of Florida. Attempting to solve the urgent problem of peopling this area, completely depopulated after the departure of the Spanish, he had formed the opinion that the nature of the soil and climate and the sort of products which were best adapted to both, pointed to a special kind of settlers who ought to be encouraged to establish themselves in Florida.
Recommended Citation
Panagopoulos, E. P.
(1956)
"The Background of the Greek Settlers in the New Smyrna Colony,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 35:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol35/iss2/3
