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Russell Reaver, Associate Professor of English at Florida State University. \"Dr. Reaver's talk,\" the article stated, \"was based on a number of old letters written by the Blake and Cromartie families of Miccosukee, both local pioneer families. The letters, passed between Joel C. Blake, a lieutenant in the Confederate Army stationed in Virginia, and his wife and family on the Blake plantation, 'Blakey'. Dr. Reaver was given access to the letters by two of his students, descendants of the Blake and Cromartie families.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4. The fourth item of the collection is a letter written by the Hon. R.A. Gray, January 12, 1959, to Mrs. Virginia J. Edington, Librarian Gifts and Exchanges, Florida State University Library, which accompanied the gifts. 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A three-page World War II letter from another relative of Gray, signed \"Buck,\" Philippine Islands, A.P.O. 715, (no date) to \"Dear Roy.\" The letter gives on-the-battle-field information about a campaign in the mountains, and states: \"...our planes bombed the mountains for several hours...afterwards we cut loose with everything we had, and the Inf. took the mountains with very little resistance...there were dead Japs every where. I have been lucky so far. Maybe after one more campaign I can come home...\"","3. This third item is a newspaper clipping from the Tallahassee Democrat, January 9, 1959, entitled \"Letters Tell of Civil War Days in Area,\" and pertains to a talk at a meeting of the Tallahassee Historical Society by Dr. J. Russell Reaver, Associate Professor of English at Florida State University. \"Dr. Reaver's talk,\" the article stated, \"was based on a number of old letters written by the Blake and Cromartie families of Miccosukee, both local pioneer families. The letters, passed between Joel C. Blake, a lieutenant in the Confederate Army stationed in Virginia, and his wife and family on the Blake plantation, 'Blakey'. Dr. Reaver was given access to the letters by two of his students, descendants of the Blake and Cromartie families.\"","4. The fourth item of the collection is a letter written by the Hon. R.A. Gray, January 12, 1959, to Mrs. Virginia J. Edington, Librarian Gifts and Exchanges, Florida State University Library, which accompanied the gifts. This letter is treasured by the library for the valuable information it contains concerning the papers, and also for his autograph.","Also known as MSS 0-23."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAll requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections \u0026amp; Archives. 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