Subject: Railroads -- Florida

Excerpts from the Congressional Record featuring "7th Secession, Acts & Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Florida." The excerpts include acts relating to the Florida Railroad (page 16). This item is described as a companion piece to a letter from David Levy Yulee, President of the Florida Railroad, dated 1855.

Autograph letter signed from U.S. Senator David Levy Yulee of Florida to Federal District Court Judge Isaac H. Bronson, written in Washington, D.C. on September 20, 1850. Yulee discusses the Civil and Defense bill before the Senate, his upcoming trip to New York, and an effort to expose a falsehood. The letter is a bifolium with contemporary docketing.

A one-page letter, dated March 6, 1855, from David Levy Yulee, President of the Florida Railroad, to Jas. E. Broome, Chairman. This is a secretarial copy of the letter. The letter discusses the Florida Railroad, its construction, and related matters. The letter is geographically relevant to Jacksonville, Florida, United States.

Collection of undated notes concerning David Levy Yulee, the first senator from Florida, and Dixon Hall Lewis. The notes include information about Yulee's name change from Levy and his family background.

Congressional Record of a speech delivered by David Levy (later David Levy Yulee), Territorial Delegate from Florida, on March 5, 1844, concerning the tenth article of the Treaty of Washington and the extradition of criminals from Florida. This speech is significant as it predates Yulee's name change and his later role as the first Jewish Senator. The speech was exhibited at a Library of Congress exhibit in Cincinnati (AJA) in 2005. Includes biographical information on David Levy Yulee, detailing his birth in St. Thomas, his father's land purchase in Florida, his legal career, his election to the US Congress, his name change, his role in Florida railroad development, and his service in the Confederate Congress.