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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M98- 7
Creator: Storrs family
Title, Dates: Storrs family papers, 1881-1912.
Amount: 0.20 cubic ft.
Medium Included:
Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Terms Governing Use:
Biographical/Historical:
Summary:     This fragmentary collection consists primarily of letters to and from members of the Storrs family of Carrabelle, Florida. The letters concern various family matters including the health of women suffering a variety of ailments believed by their doctors to be "nervous disease," the interest of one Atlanta doctor in visiting Carrabelle to enjoy the fishing, and the death of a father in 1912.

    The collection also includes transcripts of depositions given in the case of the murder of Leon County Superintendent of Public Instruction Nicholas Eppes in Tallahassee in September 1904, and legal and financial documents relating to the banking establishment of B.C. Lewis & Sons. There is no indication of how these items are related the Storrs family letters.
Finding Aids: Folder listing available. 0
Additional Physical Form:
Reproduction Note: Photocopies.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Originals in custody of donor.
Associated Materials:
Language Notes:
Ownership/Custodial History: Donor found originals in the old Walker house in downtown Tallahassee in the 1960s; the mortgage of John C. Walker with B.C. Lewis & Sons refers to the estate of G.K. Walker.
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Electronic Records Access:
Subject Access Fields: Eppes, Nicholas Ware, 1843-1904.
Walker, John C.
B.C. Lewis and Sons.
Family Florida
Fishing Florida
Women Health and hygiene.
Women History 19th century Florida
Women History 20th century Florida
Women's health services Florida
Carrabelle (Fla.)
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