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Letters to Elijah Haywood, General Land Office Washington- 1831, December - 1832, February 20
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- 1831, December - 1832, February 20 (Creation)
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J. W. Simonton was a major landowner in territorial South Florida, with large land holdings in Key West. He worked closely with Fitzpatrick, whose plantations were in what is now Miami.
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[i]Two letters, each written to the Commissioner of the General Land Office from Richard Fitzpatrick, who was anxious to have the United States government survey Dade County and then open it to settlement.[/i]
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Photocopy. Original in the National Archives, record group no. 40: miscellaneous letters received, 1803-1833, vol. S.