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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M88- 11
	Creator:	Elton, G.M.
	Title, Dates:	Portraits of the Perrine family, 1800s.
	Amount:	6 photographs
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Unarranged.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Dr. Henry Perrine, a botanist from Staten Island, New York, moved to Indian Key (75 miles north of Key West) in 1838. With him were his wife Hester, son Henry Jr., and daughter Sarah. In 1840, during the Second Seminole War, the key came under attack. The Perrine family hid in a turtle kraal under their house, while Dr. Perrine stayed above. He was murdered in what later became known as the Indian Key Massacre. Hester later remarried to Major James Walker, a paymaster under President Abraham Lincoln. Perrine's daughter Sarah married Dr. James Palmer and moved to Fernandina. The 11-acre Indian Key became a state park, Indian Key Historic State Park, in the 1990s.
	Summary:	This collection consists of six 4x6 portraits of the Perrine family. Photographed by New York photographer G.M. Elton, the images include two of Sarah Perrine (Mrs. James Palmer); Aunt Jane, the formerly enslaved nanny of Sarah's child in Fernandina; Hester Perrine; Henry Perrine, Jr.; and Major James Walker.
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	Additional Physical Form:	These images have been digitized and are available on the Florida Memory web site: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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	General Note:	Photographic Collection Number P1988-011
	Electronic Records Access:	https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
	Subject Access Fields:	African Americans Florida. Women History 19th century Florida Photographs. aat Portraits. aat Fernandina (Fla.) Indian Key (Fla.) Monroe County (Fla.)
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