Papers, 1856-1975.

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Papers, 1856-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32413060

The Drew family papers trace the activities of a prominent Florida family through more than a century of its history. The collection details the lives of five generations of the Drew family, centering upon Florida Governor George F. Drew.

25.75 cubic ft.

Florida State Archive

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SNAC Resource ID: 7340790

Florida State Archive

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Branford Lumber Company (Branford, Fla.)

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Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883

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St. Louis, Missouri, lawyer; U.S district attorney, Missouri, 1839-1841; mayor, St. Louis, 1842-1843; judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1843-1849; first solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1855; counsel for Dred Scott, 1856; postmaster general, 1860-1864; Maryland congressman, 1878. From the description of Letter: Wash[ington, D.C.] to Rev[erend] W[illiam] B[uell] Sprague, Albany, N.Y., 1865 Nov. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327626 Montgomery Bl...

Drew, Amelia Dickens, d. 1900.

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Drew family.

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George Franklin Drew moved to Georgia in 1847 and started a lumber business. During the war, he moved to Madison County, Florida, and established a saw mill there. He served as the twelfth governor of Florida from 1877 to 1881. He was defeated for re-election by William D. Bloxham. Drew's sons, Frank and George L., continued the family's lumber business and owned the Florida Railway. Two of the Governor's grandsons, Herbert Drew and George F. Drew, served overseas during...

Drew, George Franklin, 1827-1900.

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Pasco, Samuel, 1834-1917

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Utoca Packing Plant (Luraville, Fla.)

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Florida Railway Company.

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Drew, Herbert J.

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Drew, Frank, 1867-1932.

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Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904

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John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), Confederate General, Georgia Governor (1886-1890), and U.S. Senator (1873-1880, 1891-1897), born in Upson County, Georgia. From the description of Letters to Henry F. Emery, 1901-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478315 One of Georgia's most renowned political and military figures of the nineteenth century, John Brown Gordon was born on a plantation situated along the banks of the Flint River in Upson County on February 6, 1832. As a child...

Florida. Governor (1877-1881 : Drew)

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Dickison, John Jackson, 1816-1902

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Columbia Land and Lumber Company (Columbia City, Fla.)

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