Love-Scarborough Papers

Collection — Box: 514

Identifier: MSS 1964-179

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The papers consist of certificates of purchases of land, a certificate commissioning Scarborough as Captain of a volunteer infantry company, land deeds, Territorial Florida manuscripts, a picture of Mrs. M.L. Scarborough, newspapers and clippings, personal letters, reports of blankets, provisions, and clothing required by Floridians in prison at Fort Delaware, promissory notes, receipts, invoices, and a typed copy of "Express-Supplement", a letter to an unknown newspaper editor by William T. Gregory in 1860, pertaining to the proposed secession from the Union by Florida and other states.

Also known as MSS 0-179

Dates

Created: 1835-1936
Other: Date acquired: 05/25/1959

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

Captain Raburn Monroe Scarborough (1826-1862), was a plantation and land owner in Gadsden County, Florida, and Captain of Camp Retrieve in Apalachicola in Florida. Mrs. Scarborough was Martha Lucinda Davis of Mt. Pleasant when she married her first husband, Mr. Daniel Smith. They had three girls: Annie (or Nancy; Mrs. Ormand), Belle (Mrs. Edward Love) and Mamie (or Mollie; Mrs. Judge E.C. Love). The Scarborough children were Sissie (spelled Sifie; Mrs. Sara Warren S. Love), Bud (Frank Scarborough), Eddie (Edgar Scarborough) and Mattie (or little Sissie; Mrs. A.L. Wilson).

Extent

5 folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Source of Acquisition

Gift of Miss Sarah Mae Love

Method of Acquisition

Gift negotiated by N. Orwin Rush, Florida State University Librarian.

Existence and Location of Originals

Collection is available on microform, Film #9604. The newspapers in the collection can be viewed in the [url=https://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/search?type=edismax&collection=fsu:historicalnewspapers]FSU Digital Library[/url].

Processing Information

Processed March 20, 1964 (newspapers). Rest of collection processed March 20, 1964.

Subjects

Antebellum Florida, 1845-1861 Subject Source: Local sources
Camp Retrieve (Apalachicola, Fla.) Subject Source: Local sources
Confederate States of America
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--1821-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Gadsden County (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Gregory, William T.
Legal documents. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Mortgages Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Quincy (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Reports Subject Source: Local sources
Scarborough, M. L. Mrs--Portraits Subject Source: Local sources
Scarborough, Raburn Monroe, 1826-1862
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings