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Deed - Hamilton Disston Land Purchase 1881
- Summary:
- In 1881 Hamilton Disston negotiated with the Internal Improvement Fund of Florida to purchase, outright from the State, four million acres of overflowed lands at 25 cents an acre. Some of that land was in South County. On page 15 of this deed, find specific references to the location in Townships 30 and 31. Almost all of Township 31S, Range 19E is included in the purchase, which encompasses lands north of Ruskin, east of Tampa Bay in what is today's Apollo Beach area.
Title: | Deed - Hamilton Disston Land Purchase 1881. |
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Name(s): | Disston, Hamilton | |
Type of Resource: | still image | |
Genre: | Land Record | |
Date Created: | 1881 | |
Summary: | In 1881 Hamilton Disston negotiated with the Internal Improvement Fund of Florida to purchase, outright from the State, four million acres of overflowed lands at 25 cents an acre. Some of that land was in South County. On page 15 of this deed, find specific references to the location in Townships 30 and 31. Almost all of Township 31S, Range 19E is included in the purchase, which encompasses lands north of Ruskin, east of Tampa Bay in what is today's Apollo Beach area. | |
Identifier: | HCC0101SHC016 (IID) | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/hccfl/fd/HCC0101SHC016 | |
Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
Restrictions on Access: | Public Record | |
Host Institution: | HCCFL |