Correspondence, Joseph E. Lee.

Name/Title

Correspondence, Joseph E. Lee.

Entry/Object ID

1959.13.01

Tags

Real Estate, The Nation's Forum, Tampa, FL, San Francisco, CA, Roads and Streets-- Central Avenue, Kendrick, FL, Property sale, 2nd Congressional District, Houston, FL, Business & Commerce-- James Roberts Cigar Manufacturer, Democrats, 1920-1929, 1910-1919, Railroad men, Chicago, IL, Lane Park, FL, Orlando, FL, Business & Commerce-- Ostermoor & Co., Internal Revenue Service, Jacksonville, Fl, Fencing, Washington, D.C., Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, Attorney, Republicans, Business & Commerce-- New York-Grass Valley Gold Mining Company, Circulation Department, Postcard, Fundraising, Great Fire of 1901, Lawyer, 1870-1879, Roads and Streets--Beaver, East Street, Roads and Streets--Hogan Street, Buildings-- Guaranty Trust and Savings Bank Building, Pensacola, FL, Albany, NY, Apples, Elastic Felt, Business & Commerce-- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Philadelphia, PA, Roads and Streets-- Spearing Street, Attaway, Saint Augustine, FL, Racism, Travel, IRS, Key West, FL, Buxton, IA, Insurance, Schooling, Business & Commerce-- The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, Walker's Business College, Correspondence Collection, Taxes, St. Paul A.M.E Church, Palms Grove, Curtis & O'Neal, Buildings-- Grant Building, Cedar Key, FL, Business & Commerce-- J.E. Grady Co., Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, Hagerstown, MD, Business & Commerce-- Costa Rica Petroleum & Coal Co., St. Augustine, FL, Subscription, Referral, Graduation, Progressive Party, Cigar, Tallahassee, FL, Second Congressional District, Columbia Batteries, Kissimmee, FL, New York, NY, Roads and Streets-- Grant Street, Leon County, Business & Commerce-- Sears, Roebuck, and Co., Politics, Alumni, Oranges, Roads and Streets--Forsyth Street, West, Business & Commerce-- Charles Williams Hardware, Roads and Streets--Lombard Street, Live Oak, FL, Age quod Agis, State Central Committee, Land sale, Election, 1890-1899, Roads and Streets--Caroline Street, 1900-1909, M.P. Moller Pipe Organs, Deputy Collector's Office, Florida Babtist Academy, Grant's Chapel, Business & Commerce-- Pittsburg Consolidated M.M. and T. Co., Donation, Business & Commerce-- Chonchilula Gold Reef Mines Company, Prospectus, Commencement, Atlanta, GA, Notary public, Corporation Tax Law, King Solomon Chapter No. 35, R.A.M., 1880-1889, Invoice

Scope and Content

This collection contains letters, documents and newspapers collected by Josph E. Lee and his wife Rosa. Mr. Lee was born in Philadelphia, PA on September 15, 1849. He received a degree in law from Howard University. He became a lawyer and a minister for the AME Church ( he also had a Doctorate in Divinity). He represented Duval County in the Florida House of Representatives in 1875, 1877 and 1879; in the Florida Senate in 1881. He also served as a Jacksonville Municipal Judge in 1888, as Duval County Clerk of the Circuit Court in 1889, U.S. Collector of the Port of Jacksonville 1890-1894 and US Collector of Internal Revenue for the Florida District in 1897-1913. He died in Jacksonville on March 25, 1920. Forty-three (43) letters to or from Joseph E. Lee. Subjects include: politics, elections, family, real estate, taxes, education.

Collection

Joseph E. Lee Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Education

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1878 - 1925