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This collection contains documents, momentos and manuscripts about Jose De la Puente.

The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, including land indentures, Seminole War affidavits and real estate records.  Also included are papers from such organizations as the Sons & Daughters of the Territory of Florida, the Florida Indian War Claim Commission, and the United Confederate Veterans.  Assorted collection items include receipts, postcards, histories, journals, and scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings of the column Pioneer Florida.

Typed copies of letters and documents originating in Tallahassee, Leon County and Newnansville, Alachua County, Florida, and Paris, France pertain to land grants of General Lafayette and "grant land for the seat of government in the territory of Florida.

The Deicke Collection of Books on Rare Tropical Fruits and Vegetables contains more than 150 titles by leading horticulturalists on gardening, fruits and vegetables, and plants common to Florida and the tropics. Books from this collection are searchable in the Broward County Library Catalog with the prefix "DEICKE".

This collection reflecs the genealogical efforts of Rodrigo Lopez-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones and his brothers. Included is an unpublished genealogical volume that details the various branches of the family, which originated in Spain and settled in Mexico in the 18th century. Additionally, the story of the English side of the family is told through a history of the Lancastrian schools in Mexico.