| flc_br0058 | Advertisement for land in central Jefferson County offered by Abe Simmon of Monticello | Text | Agriculture
Cities and towns--History
Land development | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0058.jpg |
Advertisement for land in central Jefferson County offered by Abe Simmon of Monticello
- Date
- 1918
- Description
- ...located 12 miles south of Monticello, county seat of Jefferson County... Railroad transportation within one and one-half mile of southern boundary...About 1,500 acres ready for cultivation...Valuable lime deposit on property...The soil is especially fertile and particularly adapted to raising of staple crops...Precipitation well distributed through the year...Climate such as only north Florida enjoys.''
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| flc_br0043 | Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here | Text | Agriculture
Cities and towns--History
Cotton trade | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0043.jpg |
Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here
- Date
- 1887
- Description
- Jefferson County is the Banner County of the State. More of its chief crop, cotton, is produced that in any county in the State. Its resources are unlimited, its climate unsurpassed, its soil equals any in any civilized country. ... Any further information about the county, etc., will be cheerfully given. Yours respectfully, E. B. Bailey. Monticello, Fla., September 1887.''
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| sle_transportation_03 | Map of the Dixie Highway System, 1919 | Text | Automobile travel
United States--Dixie Highway
Road maps | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_transportation_03.jpg |
Map of the Dixie Highway System, 1919
- Date
- 1919 (circa)
- Description
- Map of the Dixie Highway system, drawn by Rudolph J. Shutting of Chattanooga. The map shows the route traversing the U.S. from Michigan and Chicago south to Miami, including alternate or auxiliary routes along the way. The Dixie Highway was first proposed in 1915 by Carl Graham Fisher.
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| m91-5_b013_f12_01 | Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1918-1922 | Text | Coffins
Registers of births, etc.
Death
African Americans--Florida--Jefferson County--Monticello | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/m91-5_b013_f12_01.jpg |
Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1918-1922
- Date
- 1918 (circa)
- Description
- A record of coffins by a coffin shop in Monticello, Florida. The report contains the name of the deceased; their place of birth (or death -- on some pages the word "birth" is crossed out and "death" is penciled in); their sex and race; their date of death; and in which county they died. 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 County in Florida and Thomas County in Georgia.
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| m91-5_b013_f10_01 | Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1924-1926 | Text | Coffins
Registers of births, etc.
Death
African Americans--Florida--Jefferson County--Monticello | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/m91-5_b013_f10_01.jpg |
Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1924-1926
- Date
- 1924 (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 County, 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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| n2017-93_b001_f01_01 | Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, 1865 | Text | Loyalty oaths
Allegiance
Citizenship | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2017-93_b001_f01_01.jpg |
Oaths of Allegiance to the United States of America, 1865
- Date
- 1865
- Description
- Oaths of allegiance entered in Leon County between May 31 and June 17, 1865. The signees, although primarily from Northern Florida, represented several Florida counties and a few different states. These rosters include information otherwise available in census or service records, such as date, name, residence and occupation. Of particular interest are pages 5 and 6, which also include columns for complexion, hair and eye color, and height.
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| m83-26_b001_f02_01 | Map of the Florida Central Railroad, 1911 | Text | Plant System of Railways, Steamship Lines, and Hotels.
Resorts -- Florida -- Guidebooks
Florida--Maps | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m83-26_b001_f02_01.jpg |
| slc_1970-chiles_01 | Lawton Chiles U.S. Senate Campaign Progress Reports from Walking Tour of Florida, 1970 | Text | Political campaigns
Elections
Statesmen--United States
Agriculture and state
School integration--Florida
Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975 | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/slc_1970-chiles_01.jpg |
Lawton Chiles U.S. Senate Campaign Progress Reports from Walking Tour of Florida, 1970
- Date
- 1970
- Description
- Series of newsletters published by Lawton Chiles' 1970 campaign for U.S. Senate during Chiles' walk across Florida. The reports describe the route Chiles took, as well as the people he met and the topics they discussed. Other politicians, representing local and state governments, joined Chiles at various points, including state senators Dempsey Barron and Wilbur Boyd, and State Superintendent of Instruction Thomas D. Bailey. Chiles walked all the way from Century in Escambia County to Key Largo, stopping in Tallahassee for the legislative session. Chiles was a state senator representing the Lakeland region at this time.
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