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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M84- 21
Creator: Sibley, Samuel S., 1808-1858
Title, Dates: Samuel S. Sibley papers, 1837-1840, 1848.
Amount: 0.25 cubic ft.
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Biographical/Historical:     Colonel Samuel S. Sibley was the editor of the Floridian, a newspaper published in Tallahassee, Florida. Sibley bought the paper from William Wilson in 1837 and sold it to Charles E. Dyke in 1852.
Summary:     The collection contains a book of subscribers to the Floridian newspaper that Colonel Samuel S. Sibley maintained from 1837 to 1840. The collection also includes an 1848 letter from Sibley to Judge J. W. Gilchrist concerning a Democratic rally, which the writer fears will have a low turnout, especially in comparison to the Whig rally organized for the same time.
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Subject Access Fields: Newspaper publishing Florida
Political parties Florida
Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Florida Politics and government 1821-1865
Floridian (Tallahassee, Fla. : Newspaper) 2
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