Florida Railway and Navigation Company Letterbook
Scope and Content
Consists of a letterbook created by the Florida Railway and Navigation Company from 1888-1891.
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1891
Creator
- Florida Railway and Navigation Company. (Organization)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Florida Railway and Navigation Company, created in 1884, marked the first significant railroad consolidation in Florida history. The company failed to pay the interest on all of its outstanding bonds and was eventually transformed into the Florida Central and Peninsular Railway in 1889.
Extent
0.03 Linear feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A letterbook created by the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, 1888-1891.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
- Title
- A Guide to the Florida Railway and Navigation Company Letterbook
- 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