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Holograph letter dated 1876, from William Archer Cooke to Hon. S. Pasco, Hon. G.P. Roney and W.D. Bloxham. The letter relates to counting votes cast in Florida for state electors of President and Vice President. Also known as MSS 0-79.

Collection includes personal letters William A. Swink wrote home (Jacksonville, Florida) during his time of service as a Navy radio operator for the Blue Raiders, VPB-117. He discusses his training at Camp Kearney, San Diego, California, starting in April 1943. Collections also includes an oral history transcript in which William Swink (served 1942?-45?) and Gerald Wegner (served 1943-45?) discuss their experiences as naval aviators during World War II. Swink (radio operator) and Wegner (gunner) served together on a Navy bomber crew on VPB-117. They flew patrols all over the South Pacific in the closing stages of the war. Jacksonville, FL, letters to Mom, information on VPB-117, "The Blue Raiders."