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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M97- 24
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	Title, Dates:	Newspaper clippings and letters, 1771-1862.
	Amount:	0.25 cubic ft.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological
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	Summary:	This collection consists of photostatic copies of newspaper articles, personal correspondence, and a resolution. Various settlers and immigrants in Pensacola and Tallahassee wrote the letters, ranging from 1771 to 1848. Topics include American relations with the Spanish in Pensacola; efforts by the Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee nations to reclaim their ancestral lands in Florida; the living conditions in Tallahassee; and the status of enslavers and the cotton industry in Leon County. This collection also includes copies of clippings from several national newspapers, 1817-1862, covering the occupation of Florida by General Andrew Jackson, attacks by indigenous people in Florida and Georgia, and Civil War action at Santa Rosa Island. There is also a resolution from 1835 by the citizens of Shell Point, condemning interference by northern abolitionists in the affairs of the South.
	Finding Aids:	Folder listing available. 0
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	Reproduction Note:	Photocopies
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Location of the originals is unknown. Donor provided photostatic copies to the Archives before selling the original records at auction.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Agriculture Florida Cherokee Indians. Creek Indians. Farms Florida Santa Rosa Island (Fla.), Battle of, 1861. Seminole Indians History Slavery Florida Letters. aat Clippings. aat Amelia Island (Fla.) Fernandina (Fla.) Florida History Civil War, 1861-1865 Florida History Jacksonville (Fla.) Pensacola (Fla.) Tallahassee (Fla.)
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