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Gregory Family Notes and Notebook, 1781-1885, Gregory Family Notebook NOS since 2013

 

Summary

Extent:
2.00 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gregory Family Notebook, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1973-012

Background

Scope and content:

The notebook is a small book consisting of 33 leaves (6 blank) and 7 partial leaves. The major portion of the notebook contains business transactions between Lewis Gregory and various other persons whose names are mentioned and whose names or family names are found in early Gadsden County history. The business entries date from 1837 to 1861 and deal with beef, pork, mutton, sugar, peas, corn, tobacco, cotton, butter, etc. Near the back of the notebook are found eleven pages of family records dating from 1781 to 1885.

Includes Gregory family notes found among the papers of the late W.G. Fletcher. Many family names are mentioned. The accession number of the Gregory Family notebook was 76-1 and the notes 1-12.

The Gregory Family Notebook has been digitized and is available through the FSU Digital Library.

Biographical / historical:

Miss Agnes Gregory (donor) is the great great granddaughter of Jason Gregory whose ante-bellum mansion built in 1834 stands in Torreya State Park. The Gregory family was part of early Gadsden County history and in Florida history. The notebook has the name William S. Gregory in several places but most of the notations mention Lewis Gregory.

Processing information:

Processed May 1979

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 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:

Gregory Family Notebook, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1973-012

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