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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M97- 10
	Creator:	Swann and Holtsinger Company (Tampa, Fla.)
	Title, Dates:	Swann and Holtsinger Real Estate Company ledger, 1915-1929.
	Amount:	1.00 v.
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	Terms Governing Use:	Due to the fragile condition of this collection photocopying will not be allowed.
	Biographical/Historical:	In the early 1900s, Alfred R. Swann and Eugene Holtsinger formed the Swann & Holtsinger Real Estate Company in Tampa, Florida. Swann and Holtsinger came to Florida in 1904 from Dandridge, Tennessee. Swann was a wealthy plantation owner, enslaver, and financier with many business interests in Tennessee and Florida, while Holtsinger was a lawyer and owned large tracts of timber land in Georgia and Florida. Holtsinger was more actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the firm while Swann provided the capital. The Swann & Holtsinger Company developed "Suburb Beautiful," the first large, residential subdivision along Hillsborough Bay. They also built Bayshore Boulevard, the first major road along the bay.
	Summary:	This collection consists of a cash journal ledger from the Swann & Holtsinger Real Estate Company. The ledger contains information regarding the daily operation of the company from 1915 through 1929. The entries occur monthly and includes both amounts paid and fees received for construction materials, attorney's fees, bank loans, and real estate transactions.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Holtsinger, Eugene. Swann, Alfred Reuben, 1843-1926. Real estate business Florida Real estate development Florida Business records. aat Hillsborough County (Fla.) Tampa (Fla.) Tampa Bay (Fla.)
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