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United States Army General Orders

 Collection — Box: 157
Identifier: MSS 1965-246
Scope and Contents This bound volume contains six separate orders as listed below: General Order No. 1. Head-quarters Dist. of Florida, Separate Brigade, Tallahassee, Fla., August 30, 1866. Consists of eight different Court Martials: Private Michael Hickey, Co. F, 7th US. Inft'y - Desertion; 1st Ser't Elijah W. Bidden, Co. F, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Desertion; Corp'l Elton Clapp, Co. F, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Desertion; Private William Beck, Co. I, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Disobedience of Orders; Private John Reily, Co. E, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Absence without leave, Disobedience of Orders; Private Michael Hollerden, Co. I, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Charge Drunkness on duty; Private Lafayette Hilkirk, Co. I, 7th U.S. Inft'y -...
Dates: Other: 1866; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1961
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

United States Land Patents - Sales of Land in Gadsden County, Florida

 Collection — Box: 150
Identifier: MSS 1965-157
Scope and Contents

Two U. S. Certificates of sale of public land in Gadsden County, Florida. Certificate No. 11,824 was issued by the U. S. Land Office at Tallahassee, Florida to Brinkley G. Poppell dated June 16, 1856. Certificate No. 11,922 was issued to Brinkley G. Poppell as well, and is dated June 16, 1856.

Also known as MSS 0-157 and MSS 76-16.

Dates: Created: 1856; Other: Date acquired: 07/16/1957
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

Unknown Florida manuscript

 Collection — Box: 311
Identifier: MSS 0-326
Scope and Contents

Typed manuscript of preface, chapters 1 through 29, and back matter of Unknown Florida: The Caloosahatchee Counties--Glades, Hendry and Lee by Florence Fritz.  Manuscript contains handwritten and typed corrections of the author. The work was published in 1963 as Unknown Florida by the University of Miami Press.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1963
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

Van Brunt business records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 0-249
Scope and Contents The Van Brunt records contain 16 journals, ledgers, "cotton seed books," two tenant farmer agreement contracts, a typed letter by Mr. Clifton Paisley to Mr. N. Orwin Rush, dated August 17, 1969, and a seven-page typescript of Mr. Paisley's interview on July 5, 1969, with a daugher of Mr. Van Brunt, Mrs. Jack Gregory, of Quincy, Florida. The business records, besides reflecting the economic conditions of the era and the customary manner of conducting a merchandising and tenant farming business, has considerable genealogical value. Online Copies Available Select materials from the Van Brunt business records have been digitized and are...
Dates: Created: 1902-1911; Other: Date acquired: 08/07/1969
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

West Yellow Pine Lumber Company Records, 1855-1916

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1-25
Abstract

The West Yellow Pine Company records include correspondence, letterpress books, time books, invoices, account records, lumber orders, lumber reports, and railway waybills. The collection also includes the records of the Madison Southern Railway, owned by the West Yellow Pine Company.

Dates: Created: 1855 - 1916; Other: Majority of material found in 1900-1916
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

William F. Hankins Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0-136
Scope and Contents Biographical sketch of William Hankins; current and historical materials relating to the economic development of Florida; holograph notes; 68-page holograph looseleaf book listing names and addresses and pertinent information about sawmills in Florida; group of 61 pictures of timberlands and sawmills in South Florida, some aerial topographic; holograph and photocopies of holograph maps of 23 Florida counties consisting of 403 sheets, some colored; Edison flat discs relating to timber and lumber industry in Florida; clippings from newspapers and 'The Southern Lumber Journal' relating to forests, sawmills and equipments for sawmills in Florida; description and history of river boats in...
Dates: Created: 1923-1965; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/1969
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

William J. Howey Scrapbook

 Collection — Container: Wrapped Package
Identifier: MSS 1971-143
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook of William J. Howey provides a clear exposition of the activities of the Republican party in Florida during 1928 when he ran for governor of the state. It contains newspaper clippings pertaining to his political opponents, economic conditions, and the development of the citrus industry in Florida.

Also known as MSS 0-143.

Dates: Created: 1928-1938; Other: Date acquired: 09/01/1971
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

William Thomas (W. T.) Cash Papers

 Collection — Container: briefcase
Identifier: MSS 2011-0614a
Abstract

A collection of papers by William Thomas (W.T.) Cash. Notably, this collection contains the manuscript for his book Biennials. Personal business ledgers and other short manuscripts are also housed in this collection.

Dates: Created: approximately 1878-1951
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

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