The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-20

The Leon County Pamphlet states that Messrs
Lee and Simmons located the city OF Tallahassee
as the seat Of government. The legislative cOun
Gil in June. 1925 sitting we believe, at ST. Au-
CUISINE, passed an act appointing DR.. William H
Simmons, Of ST. Augustine, and John Lee Will
liams, Esq, of Pensacola, commissioners 10 10
cate . seat OF government. They located the site
10 October fthc same year near The old fields Oi
Tallahassee among the Fowl Towns. The town
was surveyed and laid of in 1924 and the public
Offices removed there N
DIR. Simmons resided for many years at ST. Au-
gustine, where he filed the position of Register
of Public Lands and died in Charleston III an
advanced age. He was a courly gentleman OF
the old school.
John Lee Williams was the author of a work
entitled "A View of West Florida" published in
1927 In 1887 he published valuable work en-
titled The Territory Of Florida, or Sketches oil
the Topography; Civil and Natural History oil
the COunIryE the Climate and the Indian Tribes
from the First Discovery to the Present Time .
New York A. o. Goodrich, Publisher, 1887
The work has portrait OF OsceOla as irOnlis-
piece. Colonel Williams lived tor many years
on the bankb of the st. Johns river al PlcOata
where he ended his life, highly respected and
hOnOred, at an advanced age. Colonel W. NJ
Ives, Of Lake City, was a step-sOn of Colonel
WIlliams. and is, 90 Gar rs We know, the only
surviving member Of the family-FeFnaadinO
Mirror, Dec. II.
The writer of that portion of the
pamphlet which speaks of the location OF
the seat Of government did not have
ready access to the records, and spoke
only from memory as to names and dates.
This error, however, is not material one,
and cannot impair the usefulness of the
pamphlet, nor affect the objects for which
it is Published.
In his Journal of an Expedition to the
interior Of West Florida" originally pub
lished in the Pensacola Gazette in 1924,
Mr.. williams said:
il selecting scite for the seat Of government
Of the Territory Of Florida, the commissioners
wished 20 combine the advantages Of health and
convenience. e. ceatral point a spot favOra-
bic 70 commerce would have been preferred.
But on . sea coast or the banks Of Fiyen where
the grounds are low and alluviAl the chance Of
health, In warm climate. b always precaFious.
st. Marks b nearly central between 81 Angus
tine and FenaAeola. But 81 Marks has been un-
healthy and may be 20 again. L hes also been
frequently 0vernowed. The erestspring Of Wa
kully presents : charming dlnatian, and b the
he'd @ naytsa,lCn, bus that isesnsldsred an nm
healthy spot. TIE same objection lies against
the bead 81 g. Marks nvcF. The blg savanna
o. Micknsnkey b Severish, and The hanks Of the
euwaney TOP iar east from The centre Of the Ter
rit0Ey.
Bsiass thess dl1sdvsn,asea. the coun,ries
about Alek1snkeY ead euWaney nEe wholly nm
setlled Tie legislative Coancil cauld MOI b.
acnommodAtod ~ eisher plaza, except e. IN imr
u1ense oxpe1Da
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nils - ~ osnsre. betWixi ihe esss and uesI
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en1sseoice y l1aginodi & = hleh. feilinR. and
we,lsWalNet. - Elehneps ~ lIie soil rendsn Il
= ReEee..y $4,000 e Mz4l1S IT, iitlnR must
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