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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2017- 57
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Title, Dates: Letter and manuscript, ca. late 19th century.
Amount: 1 folders
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Summary:     This collection consists of an undated letter and manuscript written by an unnamed author. The letter discusses the author's father, who moved to Territorial Florida and settled in Hickstown, Madison County. According to the author, their father, their father's sons, and the family servants built the first church in Madison County in 1830 in Hickstown. Both the author's father and mother are buried in the Old City Cemetery in Jacksonville. The author recalls other families living in their neighborhood in Madison County, including the Moseleys, the Livingstons, and the Hartridges. The manuscript, titled "The Pioneer Preachers," tells the tale of pioneer preachers, their struggles, their faith, and their legacy.
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General Note: Previously State Library of Florida Manuscripts Collection MS61, Mosley Family? Letter. After a careful review of the records, where archivists noted that the records did not relate to the Mosley family, the title was changed to more accurately represent the materials.
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Subject Access Fields: Family Florida
Preaching.
Letters. aat
Madison County (Fla.)
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