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
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.
Temas:
Brown, George Long > Correspondence.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Florida > Newnansville.
Florida > Alachua County.
Alachua County (Fla.) > History.
Newnansville (Fla.) > History.
Personal correspondence.
History.
Electronic books.
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 (262 pages).
ISBN:9780813057156

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