Moore Collection, 1862-1931.

Florida State Capitol (Tallahassee, Fla.)

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Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911

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Capt. Henry Moore, of Portsmouth, R.I., married Ann Odiorne. The Old Sable Works was established in 1809 by Capt. Henry Moore, on an island in Chester Creek, at Rockdale. The Odiorne family owned the nail-works as well as the adjoining iron-works in Aston Twp. The iron-works property, along with the nail-works, were sold to Moore by George Odiorne in 1815. Moore ran the nail-works until 1832, at which time the operation was taken over by Richard S. Smith, a Philadelphia hardware merchant. ...

Florida Bar

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The Florida Legislative Investigation Committee was set up by Chapter 31498 of the Laws of Florida (1955) to investigate, as time permits, "all organizations whose principles or activities include a course of conduct on the part of any person or group which would constitute violence or a violation of the laws of the State, or would be inimical to the well-being and orderly pursuits of their personal and business activities by the majority of the citizens of this state." In this inst...

Harper, Roland M. (Roland McMillan), 1878-1966

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Roland Harper was born in Farmington, Maine in 1878. He studied engineering at University of Georgia, 1894 – 1897, during which time he became interested in botany. He completed his PhD at Columbia University in 1905. He then began his career at the Alabama Geological Survey in 1905 as a botanist and geographer. He published over 500 papers, many on botany and also including some on more sociological topics such as “Significance of bachelors and spinsters” and “Corn bread, appendicitis, and the ...

McConnell, Matilde L.

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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) In 1931, Scribner published two of Rawlings' short stories, Jacob's ladder and Cracker chidlins, both describing poor, backcountry Florida. Some of Rawlings' neighbors were angered by wh...

Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives

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The Clerk of the House of Representatives serves as the recording officer of the House. The duties associated with the office include enrolling bills (Ch. 11.07 FS), registering lobbyists (Ch. 11.05 FS), signing bills (Article III, Section 7, 1968 Constitution), and keeping journals of the proceedings. The House of Representatives designates a Clerk to serve at its pleasure (Article III, Section 2, 1968 Constitution). From the description of Journals, 1837-1905. (Florida State Archiv...

Montague, Margaret Prescott, 1878-1955

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Murat, Achille, 1801-1847

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Achille Murat, christened Charles Louis Napoléon Achille, became Crown Prince of Naples in 1808. Having lost his crown at the fall of the French empire, he came to the United States in 1828. From the description of Achille Murat papers, 1837-1838. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 247540343 Achille Murat, son of Caroline Bonaparte and Joachim Murat (King of Naples, 1808-1815), grew up in Paris and Naples. After the fall of Napoleon he lived in Austria. In th...