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Love-Scarborough Papers, 1835-1936, Date acquired: 05/25/1959

 

Summary

Extent:
5 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Love-Scarborough Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_1964-179.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers consist of certificates of purchases of land, a certificate commissioning Scarborough as Captain of a volunteer infantry company, land deeds, Territorial Florida manuscripts, a picture of Mrs. M.L. Scarborough, newspapers and clippings, personal letters, reports of blankets, provisions, and clothing required by Floridians in prison at Fort Delaware, promissory notes, receipts, invoices, and a typed copy of "Express-Supplement", a letter to an unknown newspaper editor by William T. Gregory in 1860, pertaining to the proposed secession from the Union by Florida and other states.

Biographical / historical:

Captain Raburn Monroe Scarborough (1826-1862), was a plantation and land owner in Gadsden County, Florida, and Captain of Camp Retrieve in Apalachicola in Florida. Mrs. Scarborough was Martha Lucinda Davis of Mt. Pleasant when she married her first husband, Mr. Daniel Smith. They had three girls: Annie (or Nancy; Mrs. Ormand), Belle (Mrs. Edward Love) and Mamie (or Mollie; Mrs. Judge E.C. Love). The Scarborough children were Sissie (spelled Sifie; Mrs. Sara Warren S. Love), Bud (Frank Scarborough), Eddie (Edgar Scarborough) and Mattie (or little Sissie; Mrs. A.L. Wilson).

Acquisition information:

Gift of Miss Sarah Mae Love

Gift negotiated by N. Orwin Rush, Florida State University Librarian.

Processing information:

Processed March 20, 1964 (newspapers). Rest of collection processed March 20, 1964.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Love-Scarborough Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_1964-179.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA