| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
- Collection
| 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 | /FMP/selected_documents/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
| 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 |
| 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| sle_gadsden_01 | Quincy Centennial Brochure | Text | Tobacco farms--Florida--Quincy
Quincy (Fla)--Buildings, structures, etc
Centennial celebrations, etc | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_gadsden_01.jpg |
Quincy Centennial Brochure
- Date
- 1924
- Description
- Brochure celebrating the centennial of Quincy Florida, the shade-grown tobacco capital.
- Collection
| m76-139_b001_01 | Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865 | Text | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil war | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/m76-139_b001_01.jpg |
Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865
- Date
- 1861 (circa)
- Description
- A typescript copy of a diary kept by Robert Watson of Key West from September 1861 through March 1865. Watson describes the movements of the 7th Florida Infantry Regiment from Key West around Florida and then to Tennessee. The diary includes descriptions of weather, news, meals, illnesses and deaths.
- Collection
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