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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M88- 45
	Creator:	Ives, Washington, 1843-1925
	Title, Dates:	Washington Ives diary, 1860-1862.
	Amount:	0.25 cubic ft.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Washington Mackey Ives (1843-1925) was born in St. Augustine, Florida. His family moved to the Lake City area (Columbia County) in 1845. Ives enlisted into the Fourth Florida Infantry Regiment in the spring of 1862. He served in that unit for the remainder of the Civil War and rose to the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major. After the war he returned to Lake City, where he began practicing law. Ives was elected Mayor of Lake City in 1875 and a County Judge in Columbia County in 1877. He also served as a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1885.
	Summary:	The collection contains a photocopy of a personal diary kept by Washington Ives, detailing his activities from March 1860 until May 1862. The entries contain information on his hunting, fishing, schooling in Jacksonville, local activities of vigilantes, militia duties, movements of troops and formation of various units for service in the Confederate Army, and early engagements between the Northern and Southern forces near Jacksonville.
	Finding Aids:	Folder listing available. 0
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	Reproduction Note:	Photocopies.
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Originals in possession of donor.
	Associated Materials:	For more materials related to Washington Ives, see Collection M88-2, Washington Ives Legal Account Ledger, 1873-1903 (1 volume) and Collection N2017-44, Washington Ives Papers, 1859-1869, 1893-1903 (1 cubic foot).
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	Ownership/Custodial History:	Donor is a descendant of the Washington Ives.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Confederate States of America. Army. --Florida Infantry Regiment, 4th. Civil War (Fla.) Military administration. Outdoor recreation Florida Diaries. aat Columbia County (Fla.) Florida History Civil War, 1861-1865 Jacksonville (Fla.) Lake City (Fla.)
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