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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M83- 3
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Title, Dates: Corliss manuscript collection, 1807-1885.
Amount: 0.25 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: Unarranged.
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Summary:     The collection contains 19th century documents of varied origin that the Corliss family of Florida amassed over time. It includes a decree and petition from Isaac Johnson, governor of Louisiana, to Governor Grand Pre of West Florida, 1807; a letter from Thomas S. Jesup to Capt. J. F. Lee of the U. S. Army Quartermasters Corps, regarding Jesup's raising a regiment of Creek warriors under command of R. K. Call, 1843; a letter from John Forsyth, Secretary of State, to Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States, announcing commissions, 1836; a travel voucher of Thomas S. Jesup, 1812; and an engraving of a portrait of Hernando de Soto with a facsimile of his signature (undated). The collection also includes Dickerson N. Hoover's (father of J. Edgar) application for membership in the American Legion of Honor (1885) and a transmittal of accounts to Brigadier General N. Towson, Paymaster, from Jacob Brown in Palatka, Florida, 1841.
Finding Aids: Folder listing available. 0
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Language Notes: Multiple languages.
Ownership/Custodial History: Donor is the daughter of Mr. Corliss.
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Subject Access Fields: Call, R.K. 1791-1862 (Richard Keith),
Forsyth, John, 1780-1841
Hoover, Dickerson N.
Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860
Soto, Hernando de, ca. 1500-1542
Florida History To 1821
West Florida.
Added Entries Forsyth, John, 1780-1841
Johnson, Isaac, 1803-1853
Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860
Hoover, Dickerson N.