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CONSTITUTION, or FORM OF GOVERNMENT, for the PEOPLE OF FLORIDA.
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We, the People of the Territory of
Florida, by our Delegates in Convention, assembled at the City of St. Joseph, on
Monday the 3d day of December, A.D. 1838, and of the Independence of the United
States the sixty-third year, having and claiming the right of admission into the
Union, as one of the United States of America, consistent with the principles of
the Federal Constitution, and by virtue of the Treaty of Amity, Settlement, and
Limits between the United States of America and the King of Spain, ceding the
Provinces of East and West Florida to the United States; in order to secure to
ourselves and our posterity the enjoyment of all the rights of life, liberty,
and property, and the pursuit of happiness, do mutually agree, each with the
other, to form ourselves into a Free and Independent State, by the name of the
State of Florida.
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ON FLORIDA MEMORY |
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| Migrant Workers During the Great Depression in Florida These images were created by the Farm Security Administration in order to document the hardships of farm workers during the Great Depression.
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Baseball in Florida From Joe DiMaggio to the All American Girls Baseball League, this exhibit features historic baseball images from the 19th and 20th centuries. |
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Spanish-American War The port city of Tampa served as the primary staging area for U.S. troops bound for the war in Cuba. |
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