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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	N2017- 10
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	Title, Dates:	William J. Bailey papers, 1866-1873.
	Amount:	.25 cubic ft.
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	Biographical/Historical:	William John Bailey (1807-1872) was born in Georgia to John Bailey and Elizabeth Rains. He married widow Eliza Ann Williams on 23 January 1844 in Macon, Georgia and they had four children: Virginia Hernandez (Tucker), Christine (Mays), William John, and Burton Bellamy. Eliza had seven children from her previous marriage to Abram Bellamy. William served as a captain in the Florida Mounted volunteers during the Seminole War, earning distinction for his bravery and eventually ranking up to general. On 9 March 1847, Bailey acquired the Shehee land grant east of Monticello in Jefferson County. He developed the Lyndhurst labor farm on this property, which primarily produced cotton before and after the Civil War. Bailey primarily sold his agricultural products in Savannah, Georgia, with the help of his intermediary, John L. Villalonga.
	Summary:	This collection includes correspondence, financial records, and business records related to William John Bailey. Many of these papers are between Bailey and John L. Villalonga, his intermediary in Savannah, Georgia.
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	Associated Materials:	For more materials on Burton Bellamy, see "Transcripts of Letters to Burton Bellamy by Mary Walker" in the Bellamy Family Papers collection at the University of Florida, http://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/resources/269.
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	General Note:	Previously State Library of Florida Manuscripts Collection MS6.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Cotton trade Florida Financial records. aat Letters. aat Jefferson County (Fla.)
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