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Proclamation by Governor Harrison Reed Calling for a Referendum on Whether Florida Would Transfer Portions of the Panhandle to Alabama, June 25, 1869

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State Archives of Florida, Series S577

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Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

Date

June 25, 1869

Creator

Reed, Harrison, 1813-1899

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Proclamations

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Proclamation by Governor Harrison Reed Calling for a Referendum on Whether Florida Would Transfer Portions of the Panhandle to Alabama, June 25, 1869

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Proclamations

Executive power

U.S. states--Boundaries

Boundaries, State

Referendum

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Handwritten proclamation by Governor Harrison Reed calling a special election in the portion of the Florida Panhandle west of the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola rivers to determine if the voters in that region wished for their part of Florida to be legally transferred to the State of Alabama.

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Reed, Harrison, 1813-1899

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State Archives of Florida, Series S577

Date

1869-06-25

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Gibbs, Jonathan C. (Jonathan Clarkson), 1831-1874

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proclamations

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eng-US

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Reconstruction Era Florida (1865-1877)

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Florida

Alabama

Escambia County (Fla.)

Santa Rosa County (Fla.)

Walton County (Fla.)

Holmes County (Fla.)

Washington County (Fla.)

Jackson County (Fla.)

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Florida. Governor (1868-1873 : Reed)

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Reed, Harrison, 1813-1899. Proclamation by Governor Harrison Reed Calling for a Referendum on Whether Florida Would Transfer Portions of the Panhandle to Alabama, June 25, 1869. June 25, 1869. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346822>, accessed 16 November 2024.

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Reed, Harrison, 1813-1899. Proclamation by Governor Harrison Reed Calling for a Referendum on Whether Florida Would Transfer Portions of the Panhandle to Alabama, June 25, 1869. June 25, 1869. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346822>

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