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Hardy Bryan Croom Papers, 1831-1837, Date acquired: 10/01/1991

 

Summary

Extent:
1.00 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Hardy Bryan Croom Papers, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1991-010

Background

Scope and content:

Photocopies of pages from letterbook containing correspondence, mostly from Hardy B. Croom to his brother Bryan Croom. There is also correspondence from Hardy B. Croom to his wife, Frances, to Seth P. Lewis, Thomas Baltrell, Dr. John Torrey, John B. Carrol, Henry Gaskins, and Samuel C. Bellamy. The letters were written from Newboern and Ruston, N.C., New Orleans, La., Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa., New York, Tallahassee, Fl., Charleston, S.C., and Augusta, Ga.

Biographical / historical:

Hardy Bryan Croom, native of North Carolina, was a botanist and Florida plantation owner. In 1834, the land granted to General Lafayette for appreciation of his efforts in the Revolutionary War was sold by his heirs and was purchased by Hardy Bryan Croom. Croom's brother, Bryan H. Croom also purchased extensively in the Leon County and Gadsden County areas. Croom died with his family in the wreck of the steamer Home south of Cape Hatteras in 1837.

Acquisition information:

Donated by Dr. William W. Rogers

Source: Copied from letterbook at Florida State Archives, Box 452. Original source: Supreme Court of Florida, January-June terms, 1857.

Processing information:

Processed October, 1991.

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 and 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:

Hardy Bryan Croom Papers, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1991-010

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