Eppes, Francis

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Francis Eppes was the grandson of Thomas Jefferson and a long-time resident of Tallahassee, FL; he came to Florida in the 1820's and served as mayor of the city and head of the Seminary West of the Suwannee, which eventually became Florida State College for Women and later Florida State University.

From the description of Francis Eppes Letter, 1838. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40098509

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Eppes, Francis. Papers of George Green Shackelford [manuscript] 1978-1984. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Thomas Jefferson Papers, 1606-1943, (bulk 1775-1826) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Francis Eppes Letter, 1838
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letters to John Wayles Eppes Maria J. Eppes, and to Francis Eppes [manuscript] 1775-1812. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Eppes, Francis. Francis Eppes letter, 1791. Library of Congress
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter : Monticello, to Francis Eppes, "Eppington," Chesterfield [County, Va.], 1794 August 28. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Will and codicil of Thomas Jefferson, 1826 March 16 and March 17. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Papers of Thomas Jefferson and the Randolph family, 1784-1918. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter [manuscript] : Monticello, to Francis Eppes, "Eppington," Chesterfield [County, Va.], 1794 August 28. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Eppes, Francis. Francis Eppes Letter, 1838. Florida State University
referencedIn Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823. Papers, 1807-1819. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Correspondence, 1775-1826 University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Eppes, Francis. Copy Major John Thornton's platt. Library of Congress
creatorOf Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823. Papers of the Eppes family [manuscript] 1775-1928. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Minor, Martha Jefferson Terrell, 1796-. Letter, Carr's brook, Martha Jefferson Terrell Minor to Dabney Carr Terrell, Louisville (Ky.) [manuscript] 1823 Jan. 22. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Carr, Dabney, 1773-1837. Randolph family papers [manuscript] 1783-1909, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson with the Eppes family [manuscript], 1790-1820, 1864, n.n. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Eppes, Francis. Letter to Thomas Jefferson [manuscript], 1791 April 5. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bacon, Edmund, b. 1785,. Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas [manuscript], 1765-1869. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823. Letter to Thomas Jefferson [manuscript] 1804 July 29. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823. Letters to Francis Eppes [manuscript], 1814-1817. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Major James Lucius Cross Correspondence, 1861-1865, 1861-1862
creatorOf Fauqier, Francis, 1704?-1768. Commission of Oyer and Terminer, 1758 August 30. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Eppes, Francis. Eppes family letters [manuscript], 1817, 1864. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Eppes, Francis. Indenture selling Poplar Forest to William Cobbs: [manuscript], 1828 Nov 28. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Eppes, Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph, 1801-1835. Album of poems written in by friends and family of Thomas Jefferson's descendants [manuscript] 1820-29. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804. Letter to John Wayles Eppes [manuscript], 1804 February 6. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letters to Philip Mazzei and John Wayles Eppes [manuscript], 1801-1810. University of Virginia. Library
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associatedWith Cobbs, William. person
associatedWith Collection created by Major James Lucius Cross. person
associatedWith Emmet, Thomas Addis person
associatedWith Eppes, Elizabeth. person
associatedWith Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823. person
associatedWith Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804. person
associatedWith Eppes, Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph, 1801-1835. person
associatedWith Fauqier, Francis, 1704?-1768. person
associatedWith Florida State College corporateBody
associatedWith Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. person
associatedWith Minor, Martha Jefferson Terrell, 1796- person
associatedWith Poplar Forest (Va.) corporateBody
associatedWith St. John's Episcopal Church (Tallahassee, Fla.) corporateBody
associatedWith Woart, John person
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Virginia--Goochland County
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Real property
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Mayor of Tallahassee, FL, Head of Seminary West of the Suwannee, Tallahassee, FL
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Active 1928

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