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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2017- 64
Creator: Porter, Joseph Y.
Title, Dates: Joseph Porter letter to Louis Moore, 1926,
Amount: 1 folders
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Biographical/Historical:     Dr. Joseph Yates Porter (1847-1927) was Florida's first State Health Officer and founder of Florida's first State Board of Health. He retired to his family home, now registered on the National Register of Historic Places, in Key West, Florida.
Summary:     This collection includes a letter from Joseph Yates Porter in Key West, Florida, to Louis S. Moore in Thomasville, Georgia. Porter discusses his career in the public health field, especially "anti-spitting warnings" he promoted.
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General Note: Previously State Library of Florida Manuscripts Collection MS68.
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Subject Access Fields: Porter, Joseph Y.
Letters. aat
Key West (Fla.)
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