1830-1835 FLORIDA AN INVALIDS PARADISE. Correspondence of a Florida Invalid, Seminole War, Cholera, &c. ZZSlaveryandSuffrage You can see more examples

You can see more examples of his legendarily diminutive writing in his own notebook preserved by the Congregational Library

A charming full morocco near-pocket sized Bible retaining its original embossed presentation from the period of the Civil War

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You had a booming time at Waco I see

Recollecting our pious ancestors

1830-1835 FLORIDA AN INVALIDS PARADISE. Correspondence of a Florida Invalid, Seminole War, Cholera, &c. ZZSlaveryandSuffrage You can see more examplesA superb archive of a New York pair traveling to Florida as invalids, with excellent content both from their period at home and at Saint Augustine, the "Invalid's Paradise." Rare correspondence from the brief window between Florida's transfer to the United States in 1821 and the outbreak of the Second Seminole War in late 1835. During this time, East Florida, particularly St. Augustine, emerged as the young nation's premier winter sanitarium for