sle_cigar-industry_014 | Hav-A-Good Cigar Label | still image | Advertising--Brand name products Commercial art Industry, Cigarmaking--Florida Cigar industry--Florida Cigar bands and labels | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_cigar-industry_014.jpg |
Hav-A-Good Cigar Label
- Date
- 1955 (circa)
- Description
- Hav-A-Good cigar label from Havana Florida Cigar Company of Quincy, Florida.
- Collection
s1725_b001_f01_01 | "My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900 | Text | American Civil War--letters and diaries American Civil War--United States--Collected correspondence United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate. Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Natural Bridge (Fla.), Battle of, 1865 Civil war Civil War, 1861-1865 | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1725_b001_f01_01.jpg |
"My Recollections of the Confederate War" by Sylvanus M. Hankins, ca. 1900
- Date
- 1900 (circa)
- Description
- Sylvanus M. Hankins' recollections of his experiences as an enlisted Confederate soldier during the American Civil War in Florida. Hankins was a private in Company D of the 1st Florida Reserve Regiment for the Confederacy which was one of the units that fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge in March 1865. Hankins begins by discussing Florida's secession in 1861, when Hankins was 14 years old. He recalls how Floridians intially reacted to the threat of war; the raising of military units; the death of his cousin resulting from combat wounds and imprisonment; the imprisonment of women and children and the burning of their homes if their husbands, fathers or brothers were suspected of deserting; the shooting of deserters; the wartime treatment of African-Americans; Hankins' enlistment at age 16; escorting prisoners to Andersonville; the Battle of Natural Bridge; and other wartime events. The date of these recollections is unknown.
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flc_917.59947-g465 | In Paradise: A Trip to Chipola (Dead) Lakes, Florida, 1892 | Text | Chipola Lakes (Fla.) -- Description and travel Lakes--Florida--Gulf County--Dead Lakes Tourism | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_917.59947-g465.jpg |
In Paradise: A Trip to Chipola (Dead) Lakes, Florida, 1892
- Date
- 1892
- Description
- Pamphlet promoting Dead Lakes as a tourist attraction. Tourists could ride a steamer along the Chattahoochee River and stop at various towns along the way. The final destination was a two-week stay at the Lake View Hotel in Iola, Florida.
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m90-15_b001_f05_03 | Letter from Sarah Fletcher to Malcolm Nicholson Fletcher, 1865 | Text | Civil war | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/m90-15_b001_f05_03.jpg |
Letter from Sarah Fletcher to Malcolm Nicholson Fletcher, 1865
- Date
- 1865-04-29
- Description
- Letter from Sarah Fletcher to her son Malcolm Nicholson Fletcher written during the last days of the Civil War that discusses the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army and the impact of the Confederacy's impending collapse on the Florida's civilian population. Sarah Fletcher also comments on the activities of Florida's slaves on the eve of their emancipation. The original letter is badly faded and parts are completely illegible. A typed transcript is reproduced here because of its historical importance. The original letter was written at the very end of the Civil War, after the surrender of both Robert E. Lee's and Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate armies. While Florida was included under Johnston's April 26 surrender, it was not until the following month that Union troops formally accepted the capitulation of Confederates in Florida.
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m91-5_b013_f11_01 | Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1926-1928 | Text | Coffins Registers of births, etc. Death African Americans--Florida--Jefferson County--Monticello | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/m91-5_b013_f11_01.jpg |
Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1926-1928
- Date
- 1926 (circa)
- Description
- A record of coffins sold by Kate Simmons' coffin shop in Monticello, Florida. The report contains the name of the deceased; their place of death; their sex, race, marital status and age; their date of death; and their cause of death. There is also the name and city of residence of the person who purchased the coffin for the deceased. Most of the deaths occurred in Jefferson County, Florida, with a few from Leon and Gadsden counties in Florida and Thomas County in Georgia.
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m91-5_b013_f12_02 | Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1928-1932 | Text | Coffins Registers of births, etc. Death African Americans--Florida--Jefferson County--Monticello | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/m91-5_b013_f12_02.jpg |
Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1928-1932
- Date
- 1928 (circa)
- Description
- A record of coffins sold by Kate Simmons' coffin shop in Monticello, Florida. The report contains the name of the deceased; their place of death; their sex, race, marital status and age; their date of death; and their cause of death. There is also the name and city of residence of the person who purchased the coffin for the deceased. Most of the deaths occurred in Jefferson County, Florida, with a few from Leon and Gadsden counties in Florida and Thomas County in Georgia. The year 1932 is incomplete and only includes a report from September 30-December 26.
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s2153_b001_f05_01 | Territorial Census Returns, 1838 and 1840; Election Returns, 1838-1845 | Text | Elections | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s2153_b001_f05_01.jpg |
Territorial Census Returns, 1838 and 1840; Election Returns, 1838-1845
- Date
- 1845
- Description
- This document includes the territorial census for 1838 and 1840. There are also election returns for the election of members of the convention and council, October 1838; elections for delegates in 1839, 1841 and 1843; elections for members of council, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844; and numbers of votes in each county, according to the estimate of the members of the present legislature, 1845.
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s2153_b004_f07_01 | Copy of Letter from Sam S. Silbley to Governor William Dunn Moseley Concerning Defense of Florida During Mexican War, 1846 | Text | Florida -- Militia Mexican War, 1846-1848 | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s2153_b004_f07_01.jpg |
n2016-2_b002_01 | Masonic Charter for Silver Star Lodge, No. 61 of Quincy, 1887 | Text | Freemasonry Fraternal organizations--Florida--Gadsden County--Quincy Charters | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2016-2_b002_01.jpg |
flc_975.9925-c156_01 | Appointment of Daniel G. Smith as Justice of the Peace by Governor Richard Keith Call, 1842 | Text | Justices of the peace--Florida--Gadsden County Justices of the peace--Selection and appointment | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_975.9925-c156_01.jpg |