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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M88- 75
Creator: Floyd, Samuel A., b. 1846.
Title, Dates: Samuel A. Floyd diary, 1872.
Amount: 1.00 folder
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Biographical/Historical:     Samuel A. Floyd was born March 17, 1846, in Camden County, Georgia. He was the nephew of Robert Floyd who served in the Florida Legislature in the 1840s and 1850s. At age 19, Floyd enlisted into the Second Florida Infantry in Jacksonville, Florida. After the Civil War, he worked in the lumber trade in Jacksonville and along the Georgia coast before settling in Apalachicola. In 1872, Floyd was appointed log and timber inspector for Franklin County, and in 1877 won election to represent Franklin County in the Florida House of Representatives. In 1883, he was elected Sheriff of Franklin County.
Summary:     The collection contains a photocopy of a personal diary kept by Samuel A. Floyd from January 1, 1872 to November 28, 1872. It appears that Floyd reread the journal some time later and entered some editorial comments on his earlier entries.

    The diary contains observations on the people and places involved in Floyd's daily life in Franklin County, Florida. He commented extensively on the social, religious, economic, and political aspects of life in Apalachicola and Franklin County during the late nineteenth century. Particularly valuable are Floyd's descriptions of his work in the lumber business. Floyd also observed Secretary of State Jonathan C. Gibbs at a meeting on July 20, 1872, and makes several interesting comments about Gibbs, who was a Black man serving in Florida's Reconstruction government.
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Reproduction Note: Photocopies.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Original held by donor.
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Ownership/Custodial History: The donor is a descendant of S. A. Floyd.
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Subject Access Fields: Lumber trade Florida
Rural life.
Timber Florida.
Diaries. aat
Apalachicola (Fla.)
Franklin County (Fla.)
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