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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2017- 35
Creator: Gamble family.
Title, Dates: Robert Gamble papers, ca. 1870-1885.
Amount: 1 folders
15 items
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Organization/Arrangement: Unarranged.
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Biographical/Historical:     The Gamble family moved to Florida from Virginia in 1827. John Gratton Gamble (1779-1852) and his brother Robert (1781-1867) arrived with their families and enslaved persons. The brothers were the sons of Revolutionary War veteran Robert Gamble (1754-1810), a member of the "The Forlorn Hope," which stormed Stony Point on the Hudson and captured the fortress from British forces.

    The Gambles settled on a large tract of land in Jefferson County and divided it amongst themselves. John's family operated a cotton labor farm called Waukeenah Plantation and Robert's family operated another, called Welaunee Plantation. The brothers later moved to Tallahassee, where John operated the Neahmantle labor farm on St. Augustine Road.

    John Gamble's son, Major Robert Gamble (1813-1906), served in the Second Seminole War and in the Civil War at the Battle of Olustee. After the Second Seminole War, Maj. Gamble purchased land for a 3500-acre sugar labor farm, where he forced at least 182 enslaved men, women, and children to cultivate the land, produce sugar and molasses, and construct the Gamble Mansion. Financial ruin forced Gamble to sell the land in 1859 and return to Tallahassee. He married Laura Wirt Randall, granddaughter of William Wirt, Attorney General of the United States under James Monroe.
Summary:     This collection primarily consists of letters addressed to Robert Howard Gamble regarding personal and financial matters, largely related to the cotton industry. The collection also includes sales receipts and one letter addressed to Dr. C.B. Gamble (possibly Robert's brother, Cabell Breckenridge) from Robert.

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Associated Materials: For more records relating to the Gamble family, see Collection M72-7, Gamble Family History Notes, 1898 (1 microfilm reel) and Collection N2017-34, John Grattan Gamble Transcribed Letter, 1828.
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General Note: Previously State Library of Florida Manuscripts Collection MS35.
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Subject Access Fields: Cotton trade Florida
Land settlement Florida
Pioneers Florida
Letters. aat
Jefferson County (Fla.)
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