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Love-Scarborough Papers

Date Range: 1835-1936
135 items
0.75 linear feet

Biographical Note:
Captain Raburn Monroe Scarborough (1826-1862), was a plantation and land owner in Gadsden County, Florida, and Captain of Camp Retrieve in Apalachicola in Florida.

Scope and Content:
The papers consist of certificates of purchases of land, a certificate commissioning him as Captain of a volunteer infantry company, land deeds, Territorial Florida manuscripts, a picture of Mrs. M. L. Scarborough, newspapers and newspaper clippings, personal letters, reports of blankets, provisions, and clothing required by Floridians in prison at Fort Delaware, promissory notes, and receipts and invoices. Also included is a typed manuscript entitled, "Express--Supplement" by William T. Gregory pertaining to secession by Florida.

Citation: Love-Scarborough Papers, Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Donor Name: Sarah Mae Love
Source: Gift of Sarah Mae Love, Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida. Negotiated by N. Orwin Rush, Florida State University Librarian
Access Restrictions: none
Manuscript Number: MSS 0:179
Location: Box 513-514

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