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Shortly after the British surrendered Pensacola to the Spanish on May 10, 1781, the Spanish occupation forces made a survey of the residents, in case of later land claims. This "List of the Inhabitants of Pensacola Who Were Householders at the Time of the Capitulation" [see the article by Coker & Carrion, reprinted in the Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 1, Summer 1998] included a "John Glover, Master Carpenter." Elias Durnford (1739-1794), a British army officer and civil engineer, was the surveyor of Pensacola, which served as the capital of West Florida territory from 1763 to 1781, until the Spanish took control. He was responsible for the original survey and town plan for Pensacola, and was Lieutenant Governor of British West Florida from 1769-1778. In addition to his official duties, he performed numerous private surveys to supplement his income. This example represents one of those survey documents done for new settlers and for veterans of the French and Indian Wars who were eligible for tracts of land as a reward for their service. Though the map and description are presumably in a clerical hand, Durnford's original signature matches other examples of his writing from the time. It is identical to the signature on similar certificates in the collection of Pensacola imprints and land grants, 1775-1780, held in Special Collections at Florida State University. The attached printed document on watermarked paper is presumably a product of a press operated by the British administration in Pensacola. It carries the signature of Peter Chester, the fifth and last governor of British West Florida, 1770-1781, and the signature of the territorial Secretary Eli Hall Bay. Bay later removed to South Carolina, becoming one of that state's foremost jurists. (3)
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Showing African American man (1)
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Shows a typical southern plantation home as well as a slave cabin. (2)
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Shows African American labor (1)
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Shows Attractions Key (2)
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Shows the southeastern portion of the present-day United States plus a portion of eastern Mexico and Cuba. The main place names, as indicated by the title, are Florida - placed across the southeast, and Apalche, likely referencing the Apalachee people. Many other individual place names are present along the coastline and interior as well. (1)
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Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese (2)
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Silver Springs (5)
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