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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramPortrait of Robert Butler - Tallahassee, Florida.
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General Note
"Taken shortly before death in 1860."
Biographical Note
Military aide to Andrew Jackson. Surveyor General for the territory of Florida. Did the survey of Tallahassee. Organized 1st fraternal organization in Tallahassee, Jackson Lodge #23, Masonic Lodge. Had a plantation on s.w. shore of Lake Jackson where "Feast of Roses" annual celebration was held - named for Mrs. Butler's rose garden.
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