Format
letters (correspondence)
Description
Letter from P.H. Davidson of Pensacola explaining the reorganization of a militia unit formerly called Butler Guards, now called Pensacola Guards. Davidson asks for the unit to be reactivated officially by the state government.
General Note
The Garfield Guards was formerly the Butler Guards under Captain Lewis Sylva.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1277
Names - Page 1
Richardson, Isaiah
Whitfield, Samuel
Washington, George
Sylva, Lewis
Richardson, Isaiah
Whitfield, Samuel
Washington, George
Sylva, Lewis
Davidson, Peter
Shepard, Lewis
Chicago Manual of Style
Florida. Office of the Adjutant General. Letter Asking for the Butler Guards to Be Reinstated as the Pensacola Guards, Escambia County, 1881. June 22, 1881. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/344586>, accessed 18 July 2025.
MLA
Florida. Office of the Adjutant General. Letter Asking for the Butler Guards to Be Reinstated as the Pensacola Guards, Escambia County, 1881. June 22, 1881. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/344586>
AP Style Photo Citation
(State Archives of Florida/Florida. Office of the Adjutant General)
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