| flc_917.59-i54_01 | Advertisement for the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, 1895 | text | Railroads
Advertisement | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_917.59-i54_01.jpg |
Advertisement for the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, 1895
- Date
- 1895
- Description
- Advertisement for the Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad, including a map of the railroad and its connections in Florida and the Eastern Seaboard of the United States as far as New York City. The ad describes the services provided by the railroad company, and lists many of its agents in various cities around the Eastern United States. Printed on page 10 of Helen K. Ingram, Tourists' and Settlers' Guide to Florida (Jacksonville: Da Costa Printing & Publishing House, 1895).
- Collection
| 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 |
| 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 |
| n2015-1_b003_f17_74 | Florida Free Press Newsletter, November 20, 1964 | text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social aspects
Nonviolence | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f17_74.jpg |
Florida Free Press Newsletter, November 20, 1964
- Date
- 1964-11-20
- Description
- Florida Free Press newsletter, number 17, published by the North Florida Citizenship Education Project. This newsletter features stories about Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) activities in North Florida, voter registration drives and other news.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| flc_975.9925-c156_01 | Letter from Governor Richard Keith Call Appointing Daniel G. Smith Justice of the Peace in Gadsden County, March 3, 1842 | text | Political customs and rites
Justices of the peace--Florida--Gadsden County--Selection and appointment
Public officers | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_975.9925-c156_01.jpg |
| s131_b042_f02_x01 | Letter from Larnel B. Golden to Governor Haydon Burns Regarding Soldiers' Morale in Vietnam, 1966 | text | Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Morale | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s131_b042_f02_x01.jpg |
Letter from Larnel B. Golden to Governor Haydon Burns Regarding Soldiers' Morale in Vietnam, 1966
- Date
- 1966-02-27
- Description
- Larnel B. Golden writes to Governor Haydon Burns about low morale in his unit, which was stationed in the An Khe district, Vietnam. Golden explains that he understands the importance the government places on the mission in Vietnam, but he says the food is inadequate, the hours are greuling, and military authorities have referred to the men as "a bunch of stupid imbeciles."
- Collection
| m90-15_b001_f05_03 | Letter from Sarah Fletcher to Malcolm Nicholson Fletcher, 1865 | text | Civil war | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/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.
- Collection
| n2016-2_b002_01 | Masonic Charter for Silver Star Lodge, No. 61 of Quincy, 1887 | text | Freemasonry
Fraternal organizations--Florida--Gadsden County--Quincy
Charters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/n2016-2_b002_01.jpg |
| 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 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/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.
- Collection
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