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Hollingsworth Papers
Collection — Box: 513
Identifier: MSS 1968-140
Scope and Contents
The Mount Vernon Plantation (the name was later changed to Pickney Hills) was located in Jefferson County about seven miles east of Monticello, Florida with a view overlooking "Razor Lake," so named by Mr. Hollingsworth because of its shape. The number of slaves listed, the livestock listed, records of sales of farm products, purchases of supplies, and descriptions of different parcels of land shown in the Last Will of John Hollingsworth indicate that Mount Vernon Plantation covered rather extensive acreage. The will also shows that he owned a home near Edgefield, South Carolina, which was situated on "about eleven hundred acres."
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Dates:
Created: 1768-1887, 1916; Other: Majority of material found in 1788-1887
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FSU Special Collections & Archives
Pine Hill Plantation Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0-204
Scope and Contents
Includes materials on the American Civil War, the Bradford-Eppes family including Susan Bradford Eppes and Dr. Edward Bradford, plantation life, land and mortgages, banking, tomb inscriptions from the cemetery in Pine Hill, Florida, sheet music for "Twenty Years Ago" by J. E. McCullune, pamphlets from Orlando and Jacksonville, Florida, as well as genealogical data on the Eppes-Bradford family. Photographs include members of the Bradford-Eppes family, John Wilkes Booth, Louise Covington, and a United States Coast Guard Signal Service Station in Palm Beach, Florida. Includes manuscripts for the books Negro of the Old South and ...
Dates:
Created: 1832-1926; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/1965
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Red Hills of Florida Collection
Collection — Container: OS Box 1
Identifier: MSS 1994-002
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the background files, notes, correspondence, permission, maps, manuscripts, and other materials that were collected or created by Clifton Paisley during the writing of his work, Red Hills of Florida. Included among these items are biographical sources, census data, maps and surveys of the Red Hills region, letters to and from local organizations and persons, newspapers, and interviews. The majority of the collection consists of those materials which actually played a part in the publication of the book. These items include notes, manuscripts, galley proofs, camera ready copies, and photographs mainly dating from the 1970s...
Dates:
Created: 1820-1994
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Weymouth Tyree Jordan Papers
Collection — Box: 857
Identifier: MSS 79-7
Abstract
This collection contains a wide variety of materials realted to Weymouth Tyree Jordan, his life and his career. Includes biographical materials, correspondence, articles, photographs, writings, research materials, announcements, books, and related materials.
Dates:
Created: 1822-1970
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
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