Fort Taylor Corps of Engineers payroll, Date acquired: 00/00/1957, bulk 1864
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1.00 items
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Fort Taylor Corps of Engineers Payroll, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1964-121
Background
- Scope and content:
Payroll of a Corps of Engineers in service at Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida. Complete in detail and shows 278 signatures of members of the Corps who acknowledged having received the amounts listed from Captain Walter McFarland.
- Biographical / historical:
Fort Taylor, Key West was begun in 1844 and completed two years later. Entrance West end of United Street is a Coast Guard base with artillery mounted behind fortified ramps. It was held by Union forces during the Civil War. Nearly 300 bloackade runners were captured, nrought there and tried in the admirality court during the War.
Note written by Taken from Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Whitlock Inc.
- Processing information:
Processed February 13, 1964. Formerly part of vertical files.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Collection is open to all researchers.
- 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:
Fort Taylor Corps of Engineers Payroll, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1964-121
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
