Florida's Political Past: A Guide to Manuscript Collections, Archival Records, and Other Primary Historical Documents of Florida's Politicians
Confederate Delegates, Representatives, and Senators - Sorted Alphabetically
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Anderson, James Patton
Confederate Provisional Congress Delegate, 1861.
University of Florida Smathers Libraries, Special and Area Studies Collections, P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History
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- Anderson family papers, 1855-1895. Ledger of newspaper clippings, correspondence, memoirs. This collection contains the Florida correspondence of the James Patton Anderson family. Contents include a sketch of the life of Anderson, the memoirs of his wife, Henrietta Buford Adair, letters about Casa Bianca, the family's plantation in Jefferson County, Florida, and extensive correspondence chronicling Anderson's military career as a colonel in the 1st Florida Regiment, Infantry, Confederate States, during the Civil War. Also in the collection are Ku Klux Klan bylaws, Presidential pardon to Anderson from Andrew Johnson, bills, receipts, and letters to General Anderson from President Buchanan and Jefferson Davis. His wife's papers in the collection include a memento album, a lengthy book of newspaper clippings, and a short journal of entries for the years 1892-1895.
Florida State University Libraries Department of Special Collections
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- Papers, 1862-1865. Photostat of 11 manuscripts by and pertaining to General Anderson, dated 1862-1865. Includes documents pertaining to his appointments as Brigadier General and later Major General, documents pertaining to his pardon, and personal letters. 11 items.
- Sketch of General Anderson's life. This sketch was written by General Anderson while at his home in Monticello, Fla. recuperating from a wound he had received at the Battle of Jonesboro. The first ten pages are written by Anderson himself and the last page contains additional information added by Etta Adair Anderson, his wife, and Margaret Bybee Anderson, their daughter.
Other Collections/Items of Interest:
- University of North Carolina, Southern Historical Collection. Papers: 1864. 1 item (11 pages of typed copy). Autobiographical sketch, with notes added by his wife and daughter.
Baker, James McNair
Confederate Senator, 1862-1865. Florida Supreme Court Justice, 1865-1868.
Dawkins, James Baird
Confederate Representative, 1862.
Hilton, Robert Benjamin
Confederate Representative, 1862-1865.
Martin, John Marshall
Confederate Representative, 1863-1864.
Maxwell, Augustus Emmett
Attorney General, 1846-1847. Secretary of State, 1848-1849. U.S. Representative, 1853-1857. Confederate Senator, 1862-1865. Florida Supreme Court Justice, 1865-1866 and 1887-1890.
Florida State Archives Bureau of Archives and Records Management
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/fsa.html
- Secretary of the Territory and Secretary of State incoming correspondence, 1831-1917. The series contains the incoming correspondence of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Territory from 1831 to 1917. Correspondence in this series touches on numerous aspects of the responsibilities of the Secretary of State. Included in this series is the official correspondence of Augustus Maxwell.
- Secretary of the Territory and Secretary of State letterbooks, 1830-1865,1889- 1905,1922-1926. The series contains the outgoing correspondence of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Territory from 1830-1865 and 1889-1905. A major gap exists in the series from 1866-1888. Housed in letterbooks, the correspondence documents the various duties of the Secretary of State and provides an understanding of the internal working of the state and of the historical events of the time. 22 v.
Morton, Jackson
U.S. Senator, 1849-1855. Confederate Provisional Congress Delegate, 1861-1862.
University of Virginia Library
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- Morton-Dickinson family papers, 1727-1978. The collection contains correspondence, legal and financial papers, diaries, clippings, maps, photographs, military commissions, diplomas, membership and achievement certificates, and memorabilia of the families, particularly of the Mortons.
Other Collections/Items of Interest:
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Correspondence in Buckingham Smith papers, 1702-1857.
- University of Virginia Alderman Library. Papers in Morton-Dickinson family papers.
- University of West Florida. Papers: Miscellaneous letters and portrait.
Owens, James B.
Confederate Provisional Congress Delegate, 1861-1862.
Rogers, Samuel St. George
Confederate Representative, 1864-1865.
Sanderson, John Pease
Confederate Provisional Congress Delegate, 1862.
Ward, George Taliaferro
Confederate Provisional Congress Delegate, 1861-1862.
Florida State University Libraries Department of Special Collections
http://www.fsu.edu/~speccoll
- George T. Ward Secession Broadside, 1860. A broadside and its duplicate regarding the secession of Florida from the Union; it was issued by Ward before the State Convention at Montgomery, Ala. in Jan. 1861 and is addressed "To the People of Leon County", and begins: "My name has been suggested as a candidate for the State Convention, from your county ... "
Comments/Suggestions? This guide is continually under revision. Comments that will improve the site are extremely welcome. If you are aware of any primary sources I have missed, please send the descriptive information via email to johnemm@uflib.ufl.edu.
