BOOKS
Jenkins, David, Jones, Emrys, Hughes, T. Jones, Owen, Trefor M.. Welsh Rural Communities. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1962.
Madgwick, P. J., Griffiths, Non, Walker, Valerie. The Politics of Rural Wales, A Study of Cardiganshire. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1973.
The Cardigan & Tivy-Side Advertiser, ed. Those Were The Days, A History of Cardigan, The Locality and Its People, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Cardigan: The Cardigan & Tivy-Side Advertiser, 1992..
Jenkins, J. Geraint. Maritime Heritage, The Ships and Seamen of Southern Ceredigion. Gomez Press, 1982.
Hartmann, Ph. D. Edward George. Americans From Wales. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1967.
Meyrick, A.B. Samuel Rush. The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan, Collected From The Few Remaining Documents Which Have Escaped The Destructive Ravages of Time, As Well As From Actual Observation. Davies and Co. 1907.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Barnett, Len. British Mercantile Records of the 19th & 20th Centuries- A realistic guide to what is available to those looking into merchant mariners’ careers. On-line http://www.barnettresearch.freeserve.co.uk/main.htm. accessed 2 May 2003.
Jones, Helen. Welsh Patronymics. On-line http://www.dorsetbay.plus.com/index.htm. accessed 11 May 2003.
KEY WEST, FLORIDA
BOOKS
Brothers, Betty. Wreckers and Workers of Old Key West. Florida: Self published , 1972.
Maloney, Walter C. A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida. 1876. Reprint, Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press, 1968.
Browne, Jefferson B. Key West, The Old and The New. St. Augustine: The Record Company Printers and Publishers, 1912. Available on-line “Florida Heritage Collection, an ongoing cooperative project of the State University System (SUS) of Florida to digitize and provide online access to materials broadly representing Florida’s history, culture, arts, literature, sciences and social sciences.” http://susdl.fcla.edu/fh accessed 1 May 2003.
Schmidt, Lewis G. Florida’s Keys and Fevers, Volume III of The Civil War in Florida, A Military History. Allentown, Pennsylvania, self-published, 1992. I must comment on this amazing work. Mr. Schmidt, with the assistance of his wife Janeth, has written over 4500 pages on Florida in the Civil War. Almost the entire series consist of quotes from direct source material. The hours of effort involved is beyond comprehension.
Buker, George L. Blockaders, Refugees, & Contrabands, Civil War on Florida’s Gulf Coast, 1861 – 1865. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1993.
Coombe, Jack D. Gunfire Around the Gulf, The Last Major Naval Campaigns of the Civil War. New York: Bantam Book, 1999.
Boykin, Edward. Sea Devil of the Confederacy. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1959.
MAGAZINES -- JOURNALS
Shinn, Josiah H. “Fort Jefferson and Its Commander in 1861.” Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States.” Vol. XLVII (1910): 487 – 497 continued 121 – 133.
Solomon, Irvin D. and Erhart, Grace. “Race and Civil War in South Florida.” The Florida Historical Quarterly.” Vol. LXXVII, No. 3 (1999): 320 – 341.
White, Edward L. III. “Key West During The Civil War: An Island of Discontent?” Southern Historian. (1988): 38 – 50.
Meketa, Jacqueline Dorgan, “A Poetic Plea From Prison.” Civil War Times illustrated. Vol. 30, No. 1 (1991): 28 – 32.
Robbins, Peggy. “I am ashamed of my conduct: Dr. Samuel Mudd’s Attempt to Escape from Fort Jefferson.” Civil War Times illustrated.” Vol. 16, No. 10 (1978); 10 – 16.
Bingham, Millicent Todd. “Key West in the Summer of 1864.” The Florida Historical Quarterly. Vol. XLIII, No. 3 (1965): 262 – 265.
Buker, George E. “The East Gulf blockading Squadron and the U. S. Second Florida Cavalry.” Gulf Coast Historical Review.” Vol. 8, No. 2 (1993): 19 – 35.
Viele, John. “Sailing Craft of the Florida Keys.” Tequesta. No. LII (1992): 7 - 19
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
History of Wrecking, Jerry Wilkinson. On-line http://www.keyshistory.org/IK-wrecking.htm accessed 20 May 2003.
History of Key West, Jerry Wilkinson. On-line http://www.keyshistory.org/keywest.html accessed 20 May 2003.
The Calvin Shedd Papers: The Civil War in Florida: Letters of a New Hampshire Soldier. Curated by:Ruthanne D. Vogel and William E. Brown, Jr. On-line http://www.library.miami.edu/archives/shedd/index.htm accessed 28 May 2003.
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE and LIGHTHOUSES
BOOKS
Weiss, George. The Lighthouse Service, Its history, Activities and Organization. Institute for Government Research, Service Monographs of the United States government No. 40. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1926.
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of The United States to the Secretary of the Treasure for The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1874. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1874.
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of The United States to the Secretary of the Treasure for Year Ending 1875. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1875.
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of The United States to the Secretary of the Treasure for The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1877. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1877.
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of The United States to the Secretary of the Treasure for The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1884. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1884.
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of The United States to the Secretary of the Treasure for The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1885. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1885.
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of The United States to the Secretary of the Treasure for The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1886. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1886.
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of The United States to the Secretary of the Treasure for The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1889. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1889.
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of The United States to the Secretary of the Treasure for The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1891. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1891.
Peterson, Douglas, USCG, (Ret). United States Lighthouse Service Tenders 1840 – 1939. Annapolis: Eastwind Publishing, 2000
McCarthy, Kevin M. Florida Lighthouses. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1990
Roberts, Bruce and Jones, Ray. Southern Lighthouses, Outer Banks to Cape Florida. Guilford: The Globe Pequot Press, 1989.
Cipra, David L. Lighthouses, Lightships and the Gulf of Mexico. Cypress Communications, 1997.
Dean, Love. Lighthouses of the Florida Keys. Pineapple Press. 1998.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
U. S. Coast Guard Historian”s Office. On-line http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/collect.html accessed 10 February 2003.
U. S. Coast Guard. Cutters and Crafts, A Bibliography. On-line: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/CUTTERBIB.html accessed 10 February 2003
Hurley, Neil. Florida Lighthouse Page. On-line http://users.erols.com/lthouse/home.htm accessed 6 May 2003.
NEW ORLEANS
BOOKS
Jackson, Joy J. New Orleans in the Gilded Age, Politics and Urban Progress 1880 – 1896. Baton Rouge, 1969. Reprint Ann Arbor: UMI Books On Demand. 1985.