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Record Group Number: 000151
Series/Collection Number: .S 259
Creator: Florida. Office of Secretary of State.
Title, Dates: Lists of territorial, state, and county officers, 1827-1923, 1960.
Amount: 31.00 v.
1.00 microfilm reel 35mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Summary:     The series contains a conglomeration of lists of officers of the territory, state and counties compiled at various times, perhaps for the use of the Secretary of the Territory and Secretary of State's office.  Most volumes contain the same basic information, i.e. the office title, the name of the person elected or appointed to office and the beginning date of the term of office.  The bulk of the collection dates from 1827 to 1908.
    The first 5 volumes contain officers of the territorial period at all levels.  The first 3 of these 5 contain militia officers as well as civil officers.  Volume 4 may be an index but its referent is unidentified.  Volume 5 is a list county officers (c.1842). Volume 6 contains examples of the seals embossed by various officers at both state and county levels (c.1868).  Volume 7 lists state officers (c.1868).  Volume 8 lists County Peace Justices (1881-1885).  Volumes 9 through 12 list county officers from (1891-1897 and an undated volume).  Volume 13 is a list of officers (c.1905).  Volume 14 may be an index without an identified referent and is dated 1908.  Volume 15 is a list of officers dated 1923. Volumes 16 through 30 contain lists of officers from 1845 through 1876 that were compiled at a later date.  Volume 31 is a list of names that includes some state officers (c.1960's).
Finding Aids: Volume listing available.
Additional Physical Form: Microfilm.
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Subject Access Fields: Secretary of the Territory.
Florida Officials and employees
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