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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2019- 11
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Title, Dates: Bradford and Eppes family papers, 1902-1906, 1914 and 1917,
Amount: .25 cubic ft.
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Biographical/Historical:     The Bradford and Eppes family was a Tallahassee-area family descending from Francis Wayles Eppes (1801-1881), the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson. Francis Eppes moved to Tallahassee after his grandfather's death. He owned a labor farm with a large number of enslaved Black laborers and served several terms as Tallahassee's mayor. He married twice in his lifetime and had 13 children.

    One of his children, Nicholas Ware Eppes (1843-1904), married Susan Branch Bradford (1848-1942) on November 1, 1866. They had seven children: Edward Bradford, Susan "Susie" Ware, Francis, Martha Branch, Elizabeth Cleland, Amos W., and Alice Bradford. Nicolas Ware Eppes was Leon County's Commissioner of Public Instruction. He was murdered on September 3, 1904. Susan Branch Bradford Eppes was known for her historical writings and participation in civil affairs. The Bradford and Eppes family maintained residences on two Leon County labor farms, Pine Hill - acquired through Nicholas' marriage to Susan - and Horseshoe.
Summary:     This collection includes the correspondence of the Bradford and Eppes family, primarily Susan "Susie" Ware Eppes and her mother, Susan Branch Bradford Eppes. Also included in this collection are receipts of payments and purchases made by various Eppes family members as well as photographs of logging work taken in Placerville, California.
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Subject Access Fields: Bradford family.
Letters. aat
Horseshoe Plantation (Leon County, Fla.)
Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
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