Dr. F. A. Byrd Papers

Collection — Box: 516

Identifier: MSS 1968-042

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Personal, family, and business correspondence, land deeds, letter of testamentary, papers of the administrator of the estate of Dr. F.A. Byrd. Business and personal papers, certificates of membership, licenses to practice as Physician and Surgeon, 13 early envelopes (some with stamps attached); business correspondence, statements, invoices, and one bound account book.

Orders and invoices for marble slabs and headstones for family graves (with names, etc.); declaration of taxable property, tax receipts, note payable to Harrison Reed, Governor of Florida; certificate of "Amnesty Oath;" codicil to a Last Will, letter testamentary. Sales of land, land deeds, bill of sale, sales of land at public auction, contacts; sales of enslaved persons, custodianship of black children, etc. Civil War letters, charter of Home Guard organization with list of names of volunteers; "Hints for the consideration of White Men," (relates to problems with slaves) etc. Florida politics, including one newspaper clipping. Family correspondence (one letter pertains to yellow fever in Florida, one to travel by vessel from St. Marks to New Orleans, and one to early development of St. Teresa); philosophy, poetry, and a recipe for making "Hard Soap." Thirty seven items in poor condition have been photocopied for use to preserve the originals.

Also known as MSS 0-42.

Online Copies Available

Selected documents from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library Florida Manuscript Materials collection.

Dates

Created: 1819-1892
Other: Date acquired: 03/22/1968

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Works in this collection are in the public domain in the United States. Any user may copy, distribute, display, or broadcast them without restriction.

Biographical or Historical Information

A physician and surgeon, Dr. Byrd's records show that he also had a farm. Dr. Byrd was born April 16, 1822, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, December 26, 1874.

Extent

6 folders (6 Folders)

0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

Co-donors with Mrs. Whitner were Mrs. James D. Plant, Miss Emilie Blackburn and Dr. Thomas B. Magath.

Method of Acquisition

Gift of Katherine Byrd Whitner and members of her family.

Existence and Location of Originals

This is microfilmed, Film 9648, user copy in Scholars Commons.

Portions of collection available online?: No

Related Materials

This is microfilmed, Film 9648, user copy in Scholars Commons.

Processing Information

Processed April 1968.

Subjects

Amnesty oath Subject Source: Local sources
Byrd, Flavius Augustus, 1822-1874
Civil War in Florida, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Local sources
Contracts. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Deeds Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Financial Records Subject Source: Local sources
Florida State University Libraries. Manuscripts Collections Subject Source: Local sources
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Landowners--Florida--Leon County Subject Source: Local sources
Legal documents. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Leon County (FL)--History Subject Source: Local sources
Leon County (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Medicine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Physicians--Florida--Leon County Subject Source: Local sources
Slavery Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Slavery--Florida--Leon County Subject Source: Local sources
Surgeons--Florida--Leon County Subject Source: Local sources
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings