Papers, 1818-1836.

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Papers, 1818-1836.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32413408

This collection contains correspondence, invoices, agreements, and contracts related to the business and legal activities of Thomas Fitch in South Georgia and East Florida from 1818 until his death in 1821. It also includes papers, dated 1822-1836, related to the settlement of his estate, which include an inventory of personal estate, valuation of slaves, and record of sale of household effects.

0.25 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7341026

Florida State Archive

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Arredondo, Fernando M.

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Chaires, Benjamin, 1786-1838.

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Fatio, Francis Philip, 1760-1832.

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Fitch, Thomas, active 1824

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Fitch was probably an upholsterer in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of Letterbooks, 1702-1711, 1723-1733. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122397887 Thomas Fitch was a lawyer, plantation owner, and slaveholder in South Georgia and East Florida in the early 1800's. He lived in St. Augustine when Florida was ceded to the United States and was appointed to be the first Judge of the new territorial government in that city. However, a yellow fever epidemic c...