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Florida Letters- Busby, Fairbanks, Ridaught, Roberts, Williams, Winder, 1835-1857

 
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Wm. Busby, Black Creek, East Florida (1837) to John Babcock, Providence, RI, (Steam Engine Manufacturers) informing him that he has referred several people to their firm who are interested in "sawmill boilers." "I am a steamboat engineer and we ply between Charleston and Savannah."

Otis Fairbanks, Tallahassee, FL, (1835) to Sullivan & Barbour, Boston, Mass. Concerns the shipping of 200 bales of cotton and to the cotton market. "The war news with France makes much talk but don't effect the price of cotton."

John W. Ridaught, Wacahooto, Marion County, FL, (1849) to Major Beard, Tallahassee, Fl. Application to file claim for free land.

R. W. Roberts, Orange Springs, FL. (1851) to D. S. Walker, Registrar, Tallahassee, asking for a map of "pine lands in Marion County near Ocala," and expressing a desire to acquire such lands.

Frederick Williams, Campbellton, FL, (1857) to David S. Walker, Registrar, Tallahassee, pertaining to appraisal of land.

W. S. Winder, Pensacola, FL, (184-) to his brother, William A. Winder, "With Army of Occupation, Mexico, via Point Isabel, Texas. A family and community newsy letter.

Former accession number MSS 0-171. Letters purchased from Symmachus Trading Company on October 27, 1952.

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