James Monroe papers, 1758-1839

United States president, secretary of state, secretary of war, and diplomat; delegate to the Continental Congress from and governor of Virginia. Correspondence relating primarily to negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, the Monroe-Pinkney ...

Willson, James Mallory. Correspondence, 1920.

Letters relating to growing sugar cane in the Everglades, the potential of muck land for agriculture, and the Willsons' farm in Kissimmee. Correspondents include Bradford T. White and C. Lymah Spencer.

Abstract of title for land in Collier County,

Mentions H. W. Bird Tomato Corporation.

The Seminoles of Florida and their rights in the Everglades.

Typescript.

Papers relating to economic endeavors,

List of men involved in the Tamiami Railway. -- United States Sisal Trust. Sisal : the coming industry of Florida. Miami : Hefty Press, 1919? Brochure promoting the production of sisal (Agave ...

Correspondence relating to land sales in the Cape Sable region,

Letters relating to land in T57S R37E (west of Homestead) and land near Cape Sable. Correspondents include Frederick S. Morse, Major Dan M. Bardner, Charles S. Brumley, and Dr. J. L. Holmberg.

Letter to William S. Morris from J. P. Benjamin, November 22, 1861.

Correspondence and records relating to the Chevelier Corporation and the Hopkins/Chevelier Tract,

Correspondence relating to the purchase of the Hopkins Tract by Jaudon, road construction, Tamiami Trail construction, Chevelier (town), subdivision and sale of land, and a proposed hunting and fishing preserve within the ...

Willson, James Mallory. Correspondence, 1921.

Manuscript account of a hunting trip through the Everglades / mentions benefits of drainage and notes evidence of plume hunting. -- Letters regarding movement of Seminoles into the Big Cypress area, sale ...

Correspondence relating to the experimental planting of sugar cane in marl soil, Cape Sable District,

Mentions Canal Point Station. Correspondents include Milo O. Coffrin, J. W. Hoffman, J. M. Holferty, and Frank J. Pepper.

Correspondence relating to Everglades drainage districts,

Letters regarding taxation and maintenance of the Cypress Creek Canal, Snapper Creek Canal, and the Everglades Drainage District. Correspondents include Joe P. Conrad, Milo O. Coffin, J. W. Hoffman, and Frank J. ...

Letter from Nathaniel S. Thomas,

Letter inquiring about the status of the proposed Seminole reservation; the state of Florida had intended to set aside 100,000 acres, but had not done so.

Jeannette Thurber Connor collection of Floridiana, 1570-1927

Historian. Correspondence, research material, reports, writings, speeches, photographs, and transcripts of documents in French, Spanish, and English repositories relating to the early history of Florida.

The Florida Seminoles and their rights in the Everglades.

Typescript. Traces history of the Seminoles in the Everglades, the Seminole Land Bill, and drainage.

Business correspondence,

United States Cane Sugar Corporation (U.S. Sugar Corporation), Hopkins Tract owners and finances, timber sales from the Chevelier Tract, and the Chatham Bend Company. Correspondents include D. A. McDougal.

Papers relating to Tamiami Trail construction,

Open forum meeting of [Miami] Chamber of Commerce at Central High School, Miami, Fla., on night of April 26, 1926, for discussing the Tamiami Trail : transcription of meeting notes. -- The ...

Papers relating to the Miami Mineral, Oil and Gas Company and Tamiami Trail,

Charter certificate. -- Proposal for an east-west railroad across South Florida. -- Plans to plant trees along Tamiami Trail. -- Tamiami Trail right-of-way proposals.

Maps and letter relating to Cape Sable and Monroe County, Fla.,

Map of Cape Sable area with handwritten annotations. -- Map of Model Land Company subdivision in Monroe County. -- Letter from J. W. Hoffman to Reeves Bowen regarding Cape Sable land.

Moore-Willson, Minnie, Correspondence, 1927.

Letters of support for the creation of a wildlife park in the Everglades. Correspondents include Florida State Game Commissioner J. B. Royal.