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1 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Jacksonville (Fla.)--History.

  1. Esther Hill Hawks papers, 1856-1867

    520 items. 2 containers. 0.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Physician, educator, and abolitionist. Correspondence, diaries, and other papers relating to the work of Esther Hill Hawks and her husband, John Milton Hawks, caring for sick and wounded soldiers, including African Americans, in South Carolina during the Civil War, and as a teacher of African Americans in South Carolina and Florida during the Civil War and Reconstruction.