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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M88- 44
Creator: San Luis Vineyards (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Title, Dates: San Luis Vineyards records, 1890-1933.
Amount: 4.00 v.
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Biographical/Historical:     Emile Dubois was a Frenchman who established San Luis Vineyards, one of the early producers of wine in Florida, on part of the 800-acre plantation of San Luis. Dubois purchased 27 acres of the plantation in 1882 and established an award-winning Florida vineyard and winery. By 1890, the land produced 4,000 gallons of wine a year. Dubois sold the land after Leon County voted to go dry in 1904.
Summary:     The collection contains four ledgers pertaining to the San Luis Vineyards in Tallahassee, Florida. There are various types of accounts in the ledgers, plus some recipes and newspaper clippings within the first two volumes. The first two volumes, dated 1890 to 1898, document specific accounts related to the wine industry. The other two ledgers, dated 1913 to 1933, contain general business records.
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Associated Materials: For images of the vineyards, see Collection M84-47, Dubois and San Luis Photographs, circa 1882-1906 (10 photographs).
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Subject Access Fields: Grape industry Florida
Plantation life Florida
Wine industry Florida
Business records. aat
Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
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