Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material East Florida papers, 1737-1858 East Florida records

Title

• East Florida papers, 1737-1858

Other Title

• East Florida records

Summary

• Chiefly diplomatic, military, economic, judicial, legal, and administrative records of the Spanish colonial government of East Florida for the period of its second occupation, 1783-1821. Includes royal orders and decrees, census and other vital records, and records relating to such matters as defense, trade and shipping, surveys, hospitals, native Americans, and Louisiana. Also includes records of the earlier Spanish colonial government of East Florida, 1565-1763; records concerning slaves and slavery, 1737-1805; and records of the firm Panton, Leslie and Co.
• Individuals represented include José Maria Coppinger; Bernardo de Gálvez; José de Gálvez; Alexander McGillivray; Manuel de Montiano; Antonio Porlier, marqués de Bajamar; and Vincente Manuel de Zéspedes y Velasco.

Headings

• -  Coppinger, José Maria,--1773-1844
• -  Gálvez, Bernardo de,--1746-1786
• -  Gálvez, José de,--1720-1787
• -  McGillivray, Alexander,--approximately 1740-1793
• -  Montiano, Manuel de
• -  Porlier, Antonio,--marqués de Bajamar,--1722-1813
• -  Zéspedes y Velasco, Vincente Manuel de,--1720-1794
• -  Panton, Leslie & Company
• -  American loyalists--East Florida
• -  Finance, Public--East Florida
• -  Hospitals--East Florida
• -  Indians of North America--Government relations--East Florida
• -  Indians of North America--Government relations--Florida (New Spain)
• -  Justice, Administration of--East Florida
• -  Law--East Florida
• -  Registers of births, etc.--East Florida
• -  Shipping--East Florida
• -  Slavery--East Florida
• -  Slavery--Florida (New Spain)
• -  Enslaved persons--East Florida
• -  Enslaved persons--Florida (New Spain)
• -  East Florida--Census
• -  East Florida--Commerce
• -  East Florida--Defenses
• -  East Florida--Foreign relations--18th century
• -  East Florida--Foreign relations--19th century
• -  East Florida--History, Military--18th century
• -  East Florida--History, Military--19th century
• -  East Florida--Politics and government
• -  East Florida--Surveys
• -  Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1565-1763
• -  Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1784-1821
• -  Louisiana--History
• -  New Spain--History--18th century
• -  New Spain--History--19th century
• -  Spain--Colonies--Administration
• -  Spain--Colonies--America

Notes

• -  Arranged in one hundred and one series.
• -  Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, East Florida Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  Microfilm edition available, no. 14,557 (15,769).
• -  Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1969-1973.
• -  Transfer, Officer of the Surveyor General of Florida, U.S. Department of the Interior, Tallahassee, Florida, 1905.
• -  Collection material in Spanish and English.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005002
• -  Card index for a portion of the collection available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
• -  An index to the East Florida Papers is available at the University of Florida Libraries Web site at https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/eastflorida External

Medium

• 65,000 items.
• 450 containers plus 2 oversize.
• 175 microfilm reels.
• 131.6 linear feet.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm80019398

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm80019398

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record