Josiah H. Prescott Letterbooks
Scope and Content
This collection includes three of his letterbooks, which contain a great deal of information about his business affairs. Some information about his personal life also is included.
Dates
- Creation: 1876-1907
Creator
- Prescott, Josiah H. (Person)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
Josiah Prescott was a Union lieutenant during the Civil War who settled in Fernandina, Florida, after the war. He owned a shoe store and haberdashery and became very wealthy.
Extent
0.4 Linear feet (3 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Three letterbooks of Josiah H. Prescott, a prominent citizen of Fernandina, in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Josiah H. Prescott Letterbooks
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Stephen Jackson
- Date
- December 2007
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu