Jacob Florance and Louisa Porter Gilmer Minis photograph album, 1905-1909.

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Jacob Florance and Louisa Porter Gilmer Minis photograph album, 1905-1909.

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This collection consists of a photograph album that belonged to Jacob Florance and Louisa Porter Gilmer Minis. The photographs in the album were taken between 1905 and 1909. The album includes images of Florance and Louisa's home, "Rockwood" in Clarkesville, Georgia, trips to Europe and North Africa, their home in Savannah, Georgia, images of St. Catherines Island, Beaufort, South Carolina, and scenes of what looks like hurricane damage from circa 1906. Most of the images are unidentified.

1 volume (.25 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7535272

Georgia Historical Society

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Minis, Louisa Porter

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Minis, Jacob Florance, 1852-1936

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The Minis family arrived in Savannah in 1733. Abraham (ca. 1694-1757) and Abigail (1701-1794) Minis raised nine children, including Philip, who records indicate was the first white male child born in Georgia. He married Judith Polack in 1774 and worked as a successful merchant. Edward Telfair (1735-1807) was born in Scotland, but moved to Savannah in 1766. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty and served in the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1785, signing the Articles of the Confederation. T...

Minis, Jacob Florance, 1582-1936.

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Jacob Florance Minis (1852-1936) was born on November 12, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest son of Abraham and Lavinia Florance Minis. Florance, as she was known, spent much of his childhood in Savannah, Georgia. At the age of fourteen he entered Washington College (known today as Washington and Lee University). By the fall of 1870, he decided to leave college and return to Savannah, where he became a clerk (and later partner) in his father's shipping office. Florance Minis was very acti...