El Destino and Chemonie Plantation Papers

Collection — Box: 516

Identifier: MSS 0-85

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection relates to the El Destino and Chemonie plantations located a short distance from Tallahassee, Florida. These papers consist of records and documents of the executors and administrators of the estate of William B. Nuttall. The materials discuss sale of cotton and other agricultural products, conveyance of land and slaves, as well as reports and accounts related to the estate. Some papers are signed by Mary W. Savage (Nuttall), Hector W. Braden and George Noble Jones.

Digital Copies Available

This collection is available digitially in DigiNole: FSU's Digitial Repository.

Dates

Created: 1822-1859
Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1969

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical or Historical Information

El Destino and Chemonie plantations were established by John Nuttall, a Virginia plantation owner, and his sons James and William B. Nuttall, and the tract of land which proved the nucleus of the estate was a grant obtained from the United States Government on January 3, 1838. More grants provided more land over time and finally included 800 acres. The project was entrusted to William who had charge of clearing the lands, building the main plantation residence and housing for overseer and enslaved people at El Destino. During ownership by the Nuttalls and their heirs, only housing for overseer and enslaved persons were constructed at Chemonie plantation. (Enslaved people at both plantations numbered at one period 143).

Extent

16.00 items (1 Folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Source of Acquisition

Gift of anonymous donor

Microfilm Copies Available

El Destino and Chemonie Plantation papers, 1822-1859. (microfilm). Film 9648. https://fsu.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?23FS028463718

Related Materials

El Destino Plantation Papers, 1786-1938. MSS 2001-02. Florida Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida. https://myfloridahistory.org/content/el-destino-plantation-papers-1786-1938

Processing Information

Processed February 1970.

Subjects

Cotton Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Florida State University Libraries. Manuscripts Collections Subject Source: Local sources
Leon County (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Nuttall, James
Nuttall, Mary Langhorn, 1798-1880
Nuttall, William, 1796-approximately 1864
Plantations--Florida Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Plantations--Southern States Subject Source: Local sources
Slavery Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tallahassee (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tallahassee (Fla.)--History Subject Source: Local sources