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A Guide to the Fernandina Dock and Realty Company Records

Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005


Descriptive Summary

Provenance: Fernandina Dock and Realty Company (Fla.)
Title: Fernandina Dock and Realty Company Records
Dates: 1877-1941
Abstract: Correspondence, letterbooks, ledgers, and sales books of Fernandina Dock and Realty Company (inc. 1901), Fernandina Development Company (inc. 1889), and Florida Town Improvement Company (inc. 1884).
Extent: 6 linear feet. (2 Boxes, 44 Vol.)
Identification: Ms 28


Biographical/Historical Note

The Fernandina Dock and Realty Company was incorporated in 1901. Its predecessors, the Fernandina Development Company (inc. 1889) and the Florida Town Improvement Company (inc. 1884), were founded by Samuel A. Swann and Arthur T. Williams. The two firms were sold to Fred Willis Hoyt in 1901 and merged under the title Fernandina Dock and Realty Company.


Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, letterbooks, ledgers and sales books of all three businesses, spanning 1877 to 1941.


Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Fernandina Dock and Realty Company Records, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.


Contents List

Correspondence, Business and Legal Papers


Box 1

Fernandina Dock and Realty. 1877-1908

Box 2

Fernandina Dock and Realty. 1909-1918



Letterbooks, Ledgers, Sales Books, etc.


Box 2a

Letterbook. 1887

Box 2b

Letterbooks. 1887-1888

Box 2c

Letterbooks. 1900-1903

Box 2d

Letterbook. 1901

Box 2e

Letterbooks. 1903-1905

Box 2f

Letterbooks. 1905-1908

Box 3

Fernandina Development Company, minutes. 1889-1901

Box 4

Daybooks. 1893-1895

Box 5

Sale books. 1898-1900

Box 6a

Sales books. 1889-1908

Box 6b

Sales books. 1893-1901

Box 6c

Sales books. 1887-1901

Box 7a

Treasurers receipts. 1902-1905

Box 7b

Treasurers receipts. 1886-1917

Box 8

Treasurers journal. 1910-1937

Box 9a

Ledgers. 1901-1906

Box 9b

Ledger. 1907

Box 9c

Ledgers. 1910-1925

Box 10

Ledgers. Swann. 1890-1894

Box 11

Ledgers. Williams and Swann. 1885-1903

Box 12

Ledgers. 1896-1901

Box 13a

Ledgers. 1884-1890

Box 13b

Ledgers. 1892-1900

Box 13c

Ledger. Florida Town Improvement Co. 1901

Box 14a

Sales book, Ocean City. 1886

Box 14b

Florida Railroad Swamplands. Not dated

Box 14c

Letterbooks. Florida Town Improvement Company. 1896-1901

Box 15a

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1890-1901

Box 15b

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1903-1905

Box 15c

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1902-1903

Box 15d

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1905-1916

Box 15e

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1917-1925

Box 15f

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1892-1901

Box 15g

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1902-1941

Box 15h

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1925-1939

Box 15i

Warranty deeds/ receipts. 1903

Box 16a

Ledgers. 1901-1902

Box 16b

Checkbooks. 1904-1906

Box 17

Transfer and certificate book. Fernandina Development Co. 1889

Box 18

Ledger. 1905

Box 19

Ledgers. 1902-1917

Box 20

Ledgers. 1902-1910

Box 21a

Sales books. 1901-1902

Box 21b

Ledgers, investments etc. 1891-1901

Box 21c

Ledger. 1901?

Box 21d

Ledger. 1902



Selected Subjects and Access Points

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Organizations:
Fernandina Development Company.
Fernandina Dock and Realty Company (Fla.)
Florida Town Improvement Company.
Personal Names:
Hoyt, Fred Willis.
Williams, Arthur T.
Subject Terms:
Fernandina (Fla.) -- History.
Real estate business -- Florida -- Fernandina.


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