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Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Coverage contains "Territorial Florida (1821-1845)"
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Petition from the Free Colored People of Saint Augustine Regarding Their Rights, 1823

Petition from the Free Colored People of Saint Augustine Regarding Their Rights, 1823
Date
1823-05-31
Description
Petition from the free colored people of St. Augustine noting that many of the rights they had enjoyed under Spanish rule had been restricted by the newly incorporated city government of St. Augustine. The petitioners ask the governor to intervene on their behalf. A small portion of the document is missing.
Collection
Petition from the Free Colored People of Saint Augustine Regarding Their Rights, 1823

Petition from the Free Colored People of Saint Augustine Regarding Their Rights, 1823
Excerpt from "The Narrative of Amos Dresser," 1836

Excerpt from "The Narrative of Amos Dresser," 1836
Date
1905-01-09
Description
An excerpt from the narrative of Amos Dresser giving a detailed account of the treatment of slaves in and around Tallahassee and St. Augustine in 1835.
Collection
Excerpt from "The Narrative of Amos Dresser," 1836

Excerpt from "The Narrative of Amos Dresser," 1836
Memorial of the Union Bank of Florida requesting an amendment of the bank's charter, 1844

Memorial of the Union Bank of Florida requesting an amendment of the bank's charter, 1844
Date
1844
Description
Memorial by a committee appointed by the directors of the Union bank of Florida explaining their opposition to an act suspending the bank's operations. The memorial includes a request that the Legislative Council reverse their decision to close the bank, and instead adopt an amendment to its charter that would correct the most egregious problems with its policies.
Collection
Memorial of the Union Bank of Florida requesting an amendment of the bank's charter, 1844

Memorial of the Union Bank of Florida requesting an amendment of the bank's charter, 1844
Union Bank of Florida, Promissory Note, 1841

Union Bank of Florida, Promissory Note, 1841
Date
1841-10-21
Description
$666 dollar Union Bank of Florida promissory note issued in 1841.
Collection
Union Bank of Florida, Promissory Note, 1841

Union Bank of Florida, Promissory Note, 1841
Union Bank of Florida $4000 Post Note, 1840

Union Bank of Florida $4000 Post Note, 1840
Date
1840-07-18
Description
Post note from the Union Bank of Florida dated July 18th 1840 promising to pay $4000 at Merchants Bank New York to the order of John G. Gamble. Reverse has a list of payees.
Collection
Union Bank of Florida $4000 Post Note, 1840

Union Bank of Florida $4000 Post Note, 1840
Petition to Change the Name of Mosquito County to Harrison County and to Alter Its Boundaries, 1844

Petition to Change the Name of Mosquito County to Harrison County and to Alter Its Boundaries, 1844
Date
1844-03-06
Description
Petition by the citizens of Mosquito County to change the county's name to Harrison. The petitioners called the name Mosquito "unpleasant." While the petition itself does not explain the idea behind the name "Harrison," it likely was meant to honor the late President William Henry Harrison, who died in 1841. The territorial legislative council did indeed change the name of Mosquito County in 1845, but it was to Orange, not Harrison.
Collection
Petition to Change the Name of Mosquito County to Harrison County and to Alter Its Boundaries, 1844

Petition to Change the Name of Mosquito County to Harrison County and to Alter Its Boundaries, 1844
Territorial Governor William Pope Duval's Message to Legislative Council, 1826

Territorial Governor William Pope Duval's Message to Legislative Council, 1826
Date
1826-12-12
Description
Governor William Pope Duval's first address to the first popularly elected session of the Florida Territorial Legislative Council.
Collection
Territorial Governor William Pope Duval's Message to Legislative Council, 1826

Territorial Governor William Pope Duval's Message to Legislative Council, 1826
Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of All the Letters and Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the Commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815

Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of All the Letters and Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the Commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815
Date
1828-02-18
Description
A collection of correspondence between U.S. Secretary of War John Armstrong and General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War regarding military movement and other war-related matters. The correspondence dates from February 4, 1814 to August 10, 1814.
Collection
Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of All the Letters and Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the Commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815

Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of All the Letters and Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the Commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815
Leon County Election Return, 1826

Leon County Election Return, 1826
Date
1826
Description
One of the earliest surviving election returns for members of the territorial legislature. It documents an election held at Fort St. Marks in Leon (now Wakulla) County to elect a member to the Seventh District of the Legislative Council. The two candidates receiving votes in Precinct Four were William Wyatt and David Macomb (also spelled McComb or McCombe). Wyatt, who the vote totals in the Fourth Precinct by a vote of 6-5, also won the overall election. Wyatt represented the Seventh District in the 1826 and 1827 sessions of the Legislative Council, and Leon County in the 1838 session. In addition, he was a member from Leon County of the 1838-1839 Constitutional Convention held at St Joseph.
Collection
Leon County Election Return, 1826

Leon County Election Return, 1826
Open letter from G.W. Hutchins of Tallahassee denouncing Robert B. Ker

Open letter from G.W. Hutchins of Tallahassee denouncing Robert B. Ker
Date
1838-10-17
Collection
Open letter from G.W. Hutchins of Tallahassee denouncing Robert B. Ker

Open letter from G.W. Hutchins of Tallahassee denouncing Robert B. Ker
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
s876_b001_f06_06Petition from the Free Colored People of Saint Augustine Regarding Their Rights, 1823TextAfrican Americans--Florida--Saint Augustine
African Americans--Florida--History--19th century
Petitions
Free blacks
Race discrimination
Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Curfews		/fmp/territorial-legislative/thumbnails/s876_b001_f06_06.jpg
flc_973.7114-d773_01Excerpt from "The Narrative of Amos Dresser," 1836TextAntislavery movements--United States
Slaves--United States--Social conditions
Slavery--Southwest, Old
Antislavery movements
Slavery
United States--Southwest, Old
Slaves--Social conditions		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_973.7114-d773_01.jpg
flc_br0087Memorial of the Union Bank of Florida requesting an amendment of the bank's charter, 1844TextBanks and banking/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0087.jpg
flc_currency_union-bank-promissory_1841_666.00Union Bank of Florida, Promissory Note, 1841TextBanks and banking/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_currency_union-bank-promissory_1841_666.00.jpg
slms_mc11-7_1840_01Union Bank of Florida $4000 Post Note, 1840TextBanks and banking -- Florida/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/slms_mc11-7_1840_01.jpg
s877_b004_f03_x01Petition to Change the Name of Mosquito County to Harrison County and to Alter Its Boundaries, 1844TextCounty government
Land settlement
Petitions		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s877_b004_f03_x01.jpg
s876_b001_f01_01Territorial Governor William Pope Duval's Message to Legislative Council, 1826TextCreek Indians
Legislative councils
Agricultural industries--Florida
Seafood industry--Florida
Sugarcane
Cotton growing
Education
Frontier and pioneer life		/fmp/territorial-legislative/thumbnails/s876_b001_f01_01.jpg
flc_973.51-u58-1828-no146Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of All the Letters and Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the Commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815TextCreek War, 1813-1814
Creek Indians
Seminole Indians
Cherokee Indians
Choctaw Indians
Indians of North America -- Florida		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_973.51-u58-1828-no146.jpg
s21_b024_f01_01Leon County Election Return, 1826TextElections/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s21_b024_f01_01.jpg
flc_br0016Open letter from G.W. Hutchins of Tallahassee denouncing Robert B. KerTextElections
Libel and slander
Politicians		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0016.jpg