Correspondence, 1905-1908.

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Correspondence, 1905-1908.

Official correspondence of Napoleon B. Broward, nineteenth governor, from 1905-1909. The records reflect the official, constitutional, and political duties of the Office of the Governor. The series consists mainly of incoming and outgoing correspondence filed by general subject area, agency or organizational name, or county name.

6 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7341768

Florida State Archive

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Governor (1905-1909 : Broward)

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Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was born on April 19, 1857 in Duval County, Florida. He moved to Hamilton County, Florida during the Civil War. He was a seaman on sailing vessels and fishing boats, a pilot on the St. Johns River, and then owner and captain of a steamboat. He owned a woodyard in Jacksonville, Florida, engaged in phosphate mining, and also engaged in the towing and wrecking business in Jacksonville, Key West, and Tampa, Florida. Broward was elected Sheriff of D...

Broward, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1857-1910

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Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was born in Duval County, Florida, in 1857. Throughout his young life he worked in various positions on farms, in logging camps, and on steamboats. As the owner of a steam tug, The Three Friends, he earned a reputation smuggling guns to Cuban revolutionaries prior to the Spanish-American War. Broward held various public positions, serving as sheriff of Duval County, on the Jacksonville city council, in the Florida House of Representatives (1901), and on the State Board...