The letters of George Long Brown : a Yankee merchant on Florida's antebellum frontier /

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This book uses approximately seventy letters written to family members and business associates to recreate the life of George L. Brown, a northern-born merchant who lived in Newnansville, Florida, 1840-1857. Brown participated in this region's transformation from a subsistence and herding econo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Denham, James M. (Editor ), Huneycutt, Keith L., 1956- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2019.
Colección:Contested boundaries.
Temas:
Brown, George Long > Correspondence.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Newnansville (Fla.) > History.
Alachua County (Fla.) > History.
Florida > Alachua County
Florida > Newnansville
History
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book uses approximately seventy letters written to family members and business associates to recreate the life of George L. Brown, a northern-born merchant who lived in Newnansville, Florida, 1840-1857. Brown participated in this region's transformation from a subsistence and herding economy to a cotton economy in the decade before railroads linked Florida to northern markets.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813057156
0813057159

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