Standard guide" map of the state of Florida
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Map of Marion County, Florida : from U.S. surveys and other official and original sources showing all lands belonging to the U.S. State Railroad and Disston to Oct. 15th
Relief shown by contours. Cadastral map, showing names of landowners. "Adopted as the official map by the Board of County Commissioners, verified, James L. White, County Surveyor." Includes section diagram. In lower right corner: 3. Annotated. LC Land ownership maps, 79 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach: Expedition to Saint John's Bluff/Naval Attacks on Fort McAllister/Secessionville/Operations against the Defenses of Charleston/Operations against Tampa; April 1862-June 1863; Series 1, Vol. 14, Chapter 26]
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New map of Florida, 1885, showing the railway connections with the "Lake region" and Zellwood
Hand colored. Scale ca. 1:1,800,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 650/1
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Map of Marion County, Florida : from U.S. surveys and other official and original sources showing all lands belonging to the U.S. State Railroad and Disston to Oct. 15th
Relief shown by contours. Cadastral map, showing names of landowners. "Adopted as the official map by the Board of County Commissioners, verified, James L. White, County Surveyor." Includes text, section diagram, ill., and advertisements. In lower left corner: 795. Copy imperfect: Torn along vertical fold line, losses along entire lower edge, and mounted on cloth backing. Adhesive sticker affixed to verso. LC Land ownership maps, 78 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1527.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1527) for the relief of Arvah Hopkins, have considered said bill, and report thereon as follows
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Maps showing the Florida Transit and Peninsula Rail Road and its connections
Maps of southern United States. Main map covers Floria and vicinity and indicates drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, railroads, and the land grant in central Florida. General map shows connections to southern and Gulf states.
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Sarah Hutchins. April 17, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed
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Drew's new map of the state of Florida, showing the townships by the U.S. Surveys, the completed & projected railroads, the different railroad stations and growing railroad towns. The new towns on the rivers and interior, and the new counties, up to the year 1874
Shows drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, battlefields, and submarine cables to Havana. Lists operating and newly chartered railroads.
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Ordinance of Secession, 1861.
This document is a one-page handwritten copy of the Ordinance of Secession passed on January 10, 1861, by the members of the Florida Convention of the People (commonly referred to as the Secession Convention). Pursuant to an act of the Florida legislature approved on November 30, 1860, Governor Madison S. Perry issued a proclamation calling an election on Saturday, December 22, 1860, for delegates to a convention to address the issue of whether Florida had a right to withdraw from the Union. The Secession Convention met in Tallahassee on January 3, 1861, and passed, on January 10, the Ordinance of Secession. The ordinance declared Florida to be "a sovereign and independent nation." On April 13, the convention ratified the constitution adopted by the Confederate States of America. The convention adjourned on April 27, 1861.
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[Sketch map of northeastern Florida showing the Florida Railroad and proposed connections] Jan. 1860
Most of title and several small unimportant sections of the map are missing. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:360,000. LC Railroad maps, 407 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
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Map of the State of Florida showing the progress of the surveys accompanying annual report of the Surveyor General for 1859
Township map showing drainage, cities and towns, railroads, location of the land grant railroads and indicating the 6- and 15-mile limits of grants. Shows land offices.
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Map of the State of Florida showing the progress of the surveys; from the annual report of the Surveyor General for 1856
Township map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, trails, and location of two railroad lines in the northern part of the state. Stated scale reads: 12 miles to an inch. It is corrected in ink to read 18 miles.
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A map of part of Alabama & Florida, showing the route of the proposed Columbus & Pensacola Rail Road, accompanying the report of Major J. D. Graham, U.S. Topographical Engr. Feb. 6th, 1836; drawn chiefly from the original surveys in the Gen. Land Office at Washington by Wm. R. Palmer, U.S. Asst. Civil Engr
Map of southern Alabama and part of western Florida showing roads, cities, and drainage.
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Suwannee River Land Belt : offered by the Land Department of the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company, Live Oak, Fla
Cadastral map showing 40-acre parcels of property being offered for sale by Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company; these parcels are represented by the very small squares. Covers Lafayette County and parts of adjoining counties. Map of northeastern Florida showing "Suwannee River Land Belt, Suwannee, Taylor, Lafayette, and Jefferson counties, as traversed by the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Co." on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Russell Tedder; Dec. 1997. LC copy annotated in red ink to show underscored word "open" at various locations on map. LC copy imperfect: Brittle and torn along edges. Acquisitions control no. 98-19
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Suwannee River Land Belt : offered by the Land Department of the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company, Live Oak, Fla
Cadastral map showing 40-acre parcels of property being offered for sale by Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company; these parcels are represented by the very small squares. Covers Lafayette County and parts of adjoining counties. Contract forms on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Russell Tedder; Dec. 1997. LC copy imperfect: Brittle. Acquisitions control no. 98-20
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