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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M97- 9
	Creator:	Crawford, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1856-1929
	Title, Dates:	Henry Clay Crawford memoirs, 1914.
	Amount:	1.00 folder
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	Biographical/Historical:	Henry Clay Crawford (1856-1929) served as Florida's Secretary of State from 1902 to 1929. His father, John L. Crawford, was his predecessor as Secretary of State, serving from 1881 to 1902. After finishing his education, Henry Clay Crawford held several jobs before becoming chief clerk to his father, and Governor William Sherman Jennings appointed Henry Clay to Secretary upon his father's death. Clay then held that position until his own death.
	Summary:	The collection contains Florida Secretary of State Henry Clay Crawford's memoir in which he discusses the founding of the town of Crawfordville (the county seat of Wakulla) and the reconstruction politics of Wakulla County. Crawford claims that the town was named in 1866 in honor of his father who was then the state senator for Wakulla. He recounts the names and activities of the earliest of Crawfordville's inhabitants and names those who have died and those who remained at the time of his memoir. Clay's depiction of reconstruction politics from the point of view of a southern Democrat and he accuses the Republicans of malfeasance in office. He recounts a riot taking place at the courthouse and the assassination of one of the Republican ring leaders. This is a short work and it seems that it may perhaps have been prepared for publication in a newspaper.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Crawford, John L. 1816-1902 (John Lovick), Political parties Florida Rural development Florida Rural life. Crawfordville (Fla.) Wakulla County (Fla.)
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