Letters, 1844.

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Letters, 1844.

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The collection contains letters sent to David Levy (Yulee) in 1844, while he was representing the Territory of Florida in the United State Congress. The letters are replies to his request for information on how the acquisition of school lands was handled and financed in their state. The correspondents are Isaac E. Crary of Michigan; Cyrus Edwards of Illinois; Phillip Lindsley of Tennessee; and A.G. Brown of Mississippi.

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Florida State Archive

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Florida State Archive

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Yulee, David Levy, 1810-1886

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David Levy Yulee (born David Levy; June 12, 1810 – October 10, 1886) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Florida's territorial delegate to Congress from 1841 to 1845 and as one of its first U.S. Senators from 1845 to 1851 and again from 1855 to 1861. Yulee was the first person of Jewish ancestry to be elected and serve as a U.S. Senator. He founded the Florida Railroad Company and served as president of several other companies, earning the nick...

Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880

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American Congressman; Governor of Mississippi. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Jackson, Miss., to Oscar T. Keeler, 1846 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622416 Cowboy from Montana driving cattle 1900-1908 in Wyoming and Montana. From the description of Recollections of the big roundups, [ca. 1950]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13738908 Springfield, Illinois, resident; private, 114th Illinois Infantry, Company G...

Edwards, Cyrus, 1846-1939

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Lindsley, Philip, 1786-1855

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Philip Lindsley, an educator, Presbyterian minister, and classical scholar, was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. In 1802 he was admitted to the junior class of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), from which he graduated in 1804. He returned to the college as tutor in 1807, and to study theology under President Samuel Stanhope Smith. In 1813 Lindsley was made professor of languages, librarian, inspector (dean), and secretary of the Board of Trustees. By the time he was elected...

Crary, Issac E., fl. 1844.

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