THIS DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUNSHINE STATE (Post appears one day before actual date) JULY 7 1835 President Andrew Jackson approved a measure to prevent traders and runaway slave hunters from entering Seminole territory. This was an attempt to quickly end the conflict between white Floridians and the Seminoles. The measure was not successful, and the United State Army was dragged into the Second Seminole War [1835-1842]. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Seminole_War 1838 The Territorial Legislative Council of Florida was reorganized by the U.S. Congress into a bi-cameral body with an Upper House [Senate] and a Lower House [House of Representatives]. 1862 The U.S.S. Penquin, under the command of Lieutenant J. C. Williamson, was ordered to Key West for duty with the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. 1863 The Trustees of Florida’s Internal Improvement Fund withdrew from public sale all lands lying within two miles of a coast or marsh. The purpose of this action was to prevent speculators from buying all lands suitable for salt production. Salt was an essential item for civilian and military use during the Civil War. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_in_the_American_Civil_War and https://wakullahistoricalsociety.files.wordpress/2012/06/salt-works-final-6-15-12.pdf 1864 The small schooners, U.S.S. Ariel [Acting Master Russell], U.S.S. Sea Bird [Acting Ensign Ezra L. Robbins], and the U.S.S. Stonewall [Acting Master Henry B. Carter], accompanied by the 29-ton sloop, Rosalie, [Acting Master Coffin], transported Union troops on a raid on Brooksville. After disembarking the troops, the Ariel and the Sea Bird proceeded to Bayport, where a landing party captured a quantity of cotton and burned the custom house. 1965 LeRoy Collins, former governor of Florida, was named Under Secretary of Commerce by President Lyndon Johnson. He served in that capacity until October 1, 1966. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy_Collins
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