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Size | 4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5150 items) |
Abstract | Edward McCrady L'Engle (1834-1900) of Florida was a railroad president, lawyer, and Confederate army officer. The collection includes L'Engle's legal, business, political, and family correspondence, chiefly 1856-1897. Papers before 1866, a small part of the collection, relate to railroad development, plantation life and slavery, social conditions, and public opinion before and during the war in Florida. Antebellum papers include letters from other southeastern states and from an army officer on the Texas frontier and in the Oregon and Washington territories. Postwar papers chiefly concern the Florida Central Railroad Company, which was entangled in the Reconstruction manipulations of George William Swepson and General Milton Smith Littlefield. The postwar papers also reflect L'Engle's legal practice, banking, and business activities in general, including relations with northern businessmen, and contain material on the political opinions of the conservative white element in Florida during Reconstruction. Correspondents include most of the antebellum, Confederate, and Conservative leaders of the state, many of whom were L'Engle's relatives or close friends, and a number of prominent persons from other southern states. |
Creator | L'Engle, Edward M. (Edward McCrady), 1834-1900. |
Language | English |
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Edward McCrady L'Engle (1834-1900) of Jacksonsville, Fla., was the son of Capt. John Claudius L'Engle (1800-1864), a planter in the St. Johns River region of Florida. L'Engle attended the College of Charleston, and worked as a lawyer prior to the Civil War. During the war, he served with the Florida troops of the Confederate army in Virgina as a captain. After the war, he returned to law, later becoming the president of the Florida Central Railroad Company.
Back to TopThe collection includes L'Engle's legal, business, political, and family correspondence, chiefly 1856-1897. Papers before 1866, a small part of the collection, relate to railroad development, plantation life and slavery, social conditions, and public opinion before and during the war in Florida. Antebellum papers include letters from other southeastern states and from an army officer on the Texas frontier and in the Oregon and Washington territories.
Postwar papers chiefly concern the Florida Central Railroad, which was entangled in the Reconstruction manipulations of George William Swepson and general Milton Smith Littlefield. Included documents are transcribed arguements from The Florida Central Railroad Company vs. J. Fred Schutte, et al. Supreme Court case in 1880. The postwar papers also reflect L'Engle's legal practice, banking, and business activities in general, including relations with northern businessmen, and contain material on the political opinions of the conservative white element in Florida during Reconstruction. Correspondents include most of the antebellum, Confederate, and conservative leaders of the state, many of whom were L'Engle's relatives or close friends, and a number of prominent persons from other southern states.
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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