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The Letters of George Long Brown : A Yankee Merchant on Florida's Antebellum Frontier /

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
Otros Autores: Huneycutt, Keith L., 1956- (Editor ), Denham, James M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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 (262 pages).
ISBN:9780813057156