Miscellaneous Collection

Dublin Core

Title

Miscellaneous Collection

Description

This is a collection of miscellaneous items pertaining to the Call-Collins Family Cemetery located at The Grove and the individuals buried there. This includes letters, maps, memorials, and reports.

Language

English

Type

Letters
Maps
Reports

Collection Items

Memorial of Richard K. Call, March 16, 1840: Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
A 16 page eBook on the memorial of Richard Keith Call, Florida territorial governor, in 1840.

Florida Breezes
A digitized copy of Ellen Call Long's "Florida Breezes."

“Battle of New Orleans and Defeat of the British under the Command of Sir Edward Packenham [Sic] by Genl. Andrew Jackson 8th Jany. 1815 / Drawn by S. Seymour ; Engraved by J. W. Steel.,”
From Library of Congress: "Print shows, in the center, General Andrew Jackson receiving the salute of General Richard Call while Major Livingston rides up behind Jackson. In the background, American soldiers fight the British."

Letter from Richard K. Call to Ellen Call Long on the death of her daughter Ellen Douglass
From Florida Memory: Letter, August 23, 1853, Richard K. Call, Lake Jackson, to Ellen Call Long, Tallahassee, 2 pp., consoling her on the death of her daughter Ellen Douglass: ''Your affliction has been very great my dear child, but it is only the…

Letter from S. A. Richards to Ellen Call Long on the death of her daughter Mary Louisa Long
From Florida Memory: Letter, July 9, 18__, S. A. Richards, Cape May, to Ellen Call Long, 4 pp., regarding her daughter Sarah's wedding, the death of her daughter Louisa, and other family matters: ''I am left without a daughter, and my house is…

Letter from Richard Keith Call to Barbara Kirkman on the death of Mary Kirkman Call.
From Florida Memory: Letter, March 3, 1836, Richard K. Call, Tallahassee, to Mrs. Barbara Kirkman, grandmother of Mary K. Call, Nashville, 3 pp.: ''It becomes my painfull and melancholy duty to inform you of the heart rending affliction which I have…

Letter from H. Douglas to Ellen Call Long on the death of her daughter Ellen Douglass Long.
From Florida Memory: Letter, August 31, 1853, H. Douglas, Jacksonville, to Ellen Call Long, Tallahassee, 3 pp., regarding Ellen's grief at the death of her daughter Ellen Douglass: ''There is a consoling thought connected with the departure of such…

Letter from H. Douglas to Ellen Call Long on the death of her daughter Mary Louisa “Minnie” Long
From Florida Memory: Letter, April 18, 1857, H. Douglas, Jacksonville, to Ellen Call Long, 2 pp., consoling her ''on the death of your darling Minnie. . . she is at rest, free from all pain and trouble. . . strive to do all you can to serve God. My…
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