This collection holds materials from various manuscript collections in FSU's Special Collections & Archives. Each item will have its collection information in its metadata.
A manuscript bill of sale for an enslaved person in Monticello, Florida.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0140_B513_F003_I001
Format
Set of related objects
Title
Accounts page, U.S. Marshal sale of lands in Wakulla County, Florida.
Abstract/Description
An accounts page about the title of George W. Ladd of Bangor, Maine, to lands in Wakulla County, Florida, purchased at U.S. Marshal sale which is undated.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0152_002
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Articles of Agreement.
Creator
Winthrop, John S.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0266_B504_F003_I001
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Bartholomew Lynch Journal.
Creator
Lynch, Bartholomew
Abstract/Description
This item is a journal in manuscript kept by Private Bartholomew M. Lynch, commanded by Lieutenant John Graham during the Florida War, 1837-1839.
Identifier
FSU_MSS0180_B52a
Format
Set of related objects
Title
Bill of Sale.
Abstract/Description
Manuscript documenting the sale of an enslaved woman, Jane, aged 25, her 3 year old and 7 month old children to F.A. Byrd for $1,050 in Tallahassee, Florida.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_1968042_B516_F003_001
Format
Set of related objects
Title
Captain John Rogers Vinton Seminole War letter.
Creator
Vinton, John Rogers
Identifier
FSU_0251_B158
Format
Set of related objects
Title
Estate Division of Slaves.
Abstract/Description
Division of Robert K. Shaw's estate probate in Gadsden County, Florida. Valued the total 47 enslaved people at $29,275. Split into 3 lots "as nearly as could be done without separating families..." Names and ages of enslaved people included in document. Valuation done at group level.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_200503_B1805_F001_I001
Format
Set of related objects
Title
Extracts from Journal of Major Robert Gamble.
Creator
Gamble, John G.
Date Issued
1900, 1970
Identifier
FSU_MSS_105_B147_F02
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Gambles Hill: A Rebirth of an Elegant Richmond.
Creator
Mansfield, Jayne
Date Issued
1962
Identifier
FSU_MSS_105_B147_F04
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Gregory family notes and notebook 1781-1885.
Abstract/Description
The notebook is a small book consisting of 33 leaves (6 blank) and 7 partial leaves. The major portion contains business transactions between Lewis Gregory and various other persons whose names or family names are found in early Gadsden County history. The business entries date from 1837 to 1861 and deal with various agricultural products including beef, pork, mutton, sugar, peas, tobacco, cotton, butter, etc. Near the back are found eleven pages of family records dating from 1781 to 1885.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_1973_012
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Invoice, Wakulla Camp to Daniel Ladd.
Abstract/Description
An invoice titled "Wakulla Camp to D. Ladd" which is undated
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0152_001
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
J. & N. Hamlin Land Heirs accounts with Daniel Ladd.
Abstract/Description
The J. & N. Hamlin Land & Heirs account with Daniel Ladd. Dates mentioned are 1849, 1851, 1860 and 1887.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0152_003
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Ladd Account Book, Lands in Forbes Purchase.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0152_001a
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 280 Don't Unchain the Tiger.
Creator
American Tract Society
Date Issued
1832, 1839
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I010
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 57 The True Causes which keep men from being religious.
Abstract/Description
St. Luke's' Gospel, 16th ch. 18 v. And they all, with no consent, began [?] to make[?] [?] Being post[?] of the Gospel for that day.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I002
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 59 For the Fourth Sunday after Trinity.
Abstract/Description
"The lightness of Present sufferings compared with future glory." On Romans 8ch. 18. [?] that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that should[?] be [?] in us." Being post[?] of the Epistle for that Day.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I003
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 61 God's command to all men everywhere to repent.
Abstract/Description
For the Sixth Sunday after Trinity. On Acts 17c. 30 & 31 vs. Being post[?] of the Second lesson for that morning.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I004
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 62 For the Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
Abstract/Description
"Death, and eternal life." On Roms. 6ch. & 23v. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gifts of God, [For serving his in eternal life] is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Being post[?] for the Epistle for that Day.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I005
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 64 "Various ways, in which men are converted".
Abstract/Description
For the Tenth Sunday after Trinity. On I Coriths. 12c. 6v. And there are[?] diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all." Being post of the Epistle for that Day.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I006
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 65 "Various ways in which men are converted".
Abstract/Description
Second sermon on this subject. The Cases of the Jailer[?] and of Lydia, at Phillippi. Acts 16ch. 29 & 30 vs. and 14 and 15 vs.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I007
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 66 For the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Abstract/Description
"Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfill The lusts of the Flesh." Gala. 5c. 16v. Being from the Epistle for that Day.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I008
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 68 "Necessity of being always prepared for death".
Abstract/Description
For the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. St. Mark, 13ch. 33. to 36v. "Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as [?]. Being from the Second Lesson[?] from the morning.
Date Issued
1839
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I009
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
No. 9 For the Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
Abstract/Description
Repentance towards God, And Faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 20c. and 21v. Being post[?] of the Second lesson[?] for the morning.
Date Issued
1839
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0221_B156_F001_I001
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Property of Fred Ladd account book.
Abstract/Description
Account book labeled "Property of Fred Ladd" with 587 accounts listed.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0152_004
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Quitclaim (Deed of Sale).
Abstract/Description
Manuscript quitclaim or bill of sale by John Brett, Jr., Jackson County, Florida, January 18, 1848 to William Damiel. The instrument was notarized by "acting Justice of the Peace, Lunday," witnesses by Sarah Daniel and F. G. Lunday. Certification by James Griffin, Clerk of County Court, State of Florida, states that the document "is recorded in Book E, Page 371, this August 22, 1848." All of the above appears on one page which begins: "State of Florida, Jackson County - Received of William... Show moreManuscript quitclaim or bill of sale by John Brett, Jr., Jackson County, Florida, January 18, 1848 to William Damiel. The instrument was notarized by "acting Justice of the Peace, Lunday," witnesses by Sarah Daniel and F. G. Lunday. Certification by James Griffin, Clerk of County Court, State of Florida, states that the document "is recorded in Book E, Page 371, this August 22, 1848." All of the above appears on one page which begins: "State of Florida, Jackson County - Received of William Daniel six hundred Dollars in full payment for a certain Negro girl slave, Cherry by name, aged about seventeen years which Negro I warrant to be sound..." Show less
Identifier
FSU_MSS_1956230_B157_F001
Format
Set of related objects
Title
R.F. Van Brunt Store Day Book.
Creator
Van Brunt, R.F.
Abstract/Description
The Day Book from R.F. Van Brunt’s store in the Iamonia Community documents the quotidian financial transactions of the store and its customers, many of whom sharecropped on Van Brunt’s plantation. The Day Book shows documentation about sharecropping in the Tallahassee locale.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0249_B001_I002, fsu:688684
Format
E-book
Title
Sharecropping Contracts.
Creator
Van Brunt, R.F.
Abstract/Description
Sharecropping contracts stored inside a ledger from R.F. Van Brunt’s store in the Iamonia Community.
Identifier
FSU_MSS_0249_B001_I001
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
Some Members of the Gamble Family in Florida.
Creator
Gamble
Abstract/Description
Biographical notes on Gamble Family members including Maj. Robert Gamble, Col. Robert Howard Gamble, Dr. Cary Breckenridge Gamble, Angelica E. Gamble, and James Brecenridge Gamble.
Date Issued
1900, 1970
Identifier
FSU_MSS_105_B147_F01
Format
Document (PDF)
Title
United State Senate Vote regarding Slavery in Territorial Florida.
Abstract/Description
Manuscript of a contemporary copy of the Senate Journal, page 169, undated and unsigned, concerning the Senate's vote on March 6, 1822, regarding slavery in territorial Florida. "No slave or slaves shall, directly or indirectly, be introduced into the said Territory, except by a citizen of the United States removing into said Territory for actual settlement..." A list of assenting and dissenting Senators is included.