Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2017-131

Description

Letter from Henry S. Chubb, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, to James G. Gavin regarding the election of 1908. Chubb explains the sample ballots included with the letter and asks that leading Republicans in their precincts urge citizens to vote Republican. A Republican instruction ticket is included.

Date

1908-10

Creator

Chubb, Henry Stedman, 1858-1918

Format

Letters (correspondence)

Coverage

Florida Boom and Progressive Era (1900-1926)

Topic

Politics And Government

Subjects

Elections
Gavin, James G., 1859-1935
Political candidates--Florida
Presidents--United States--Election--1908
Republican Party

Geographic Term

Gainesville
Alachua County
Crawfordville
Wakulla County

General Note

James G. Gavin was a prominent African-American citizen in Wakulla County, Florida. Gavin was an officer on the Wakulla County Republican Party Executive Committee. He was made executive secretary by 1900 and continued to be involved in the committee through at least 1928. The Gavin family were active members of the New Bridge Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Shadeville. Gavin served primarily as the church's clerk, though he also served as a deacon. He maintained minutes for church meetings and various committees, as well as financial records. Gavin and his family were also involved in two African-American fraternal organizations that were closely related to the church, the United Band of America and Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, where James also filled a clerical role.