Receipt of Payment for E. J. Medicis from W. Lyon and Company (July 20, 1871)

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Title

Receipt of Payment for E. J. Medicis from W. Lyon and Company (July 20, 1871)

Alternative Title

W. Lyon & Co. Receipt for Medicis

Subject

Sanford (Fla.)

Description

This is a receipt of payment for E. J. Medicis created by W. Lyon and Company on July 20, 1871. W. Lyon and Company were wholesale and retail dealers in groceries, provisions, hardware, crockery, and oils. The company was based in St. Augustine, Florida. Medicis, an occasional agent for Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891) based in St. Augustine, had previously purchased a hoe, and several sacks of corn earlier in the month, paying the outstanding bill of $12 in full on July 20. The materials were presumably meant for use on Henry Sanford's Florida properties, particular his experimental grove, Belair Grove.

The more successful of the two, Belair Grove, was an experimental grove located three miles southwest of the city named after Sanford. It was part of the Sanford Grant, a 12,547.15-square acre allotment of land purchased by Henry Sanford in 1870. In Belair, Sanford introduced over 140 varieties of citrus plants. All were tested to determine if Florida citrus growers could effectively grow and introduce new varieties into the burgeoning citrus market. Sanford also grew exotic plants acquired from Central and South America, many of which survived the 1886 freeze. Sanford mainly used Belair as his own experiment station, but ultimately the findings and reports would be used by other citrus growers throughout Florida. Eventually, following Sanford's death in 1891, his wife, Gertrude Ellen Dupuy Sanford (1841-1902), handed over the operations of Belair to Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr. (1860-1941) and Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948).

Creator

W. Lyon and Company

Source

Original receipt: box 45, folder 1, subfolder 45.1.39, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

Date Created

1871-07-20

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original receipt.

Is Part Of

Box 45, folder 1, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
Henry Shelton Sanford Papers Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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219 KB

Medium

1-page handwritten receipt

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

St. Augustine, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Economics Teacher

Provenance

Originally created by W. Lyon and Company.
Donated to the Connecticut Historical Society after 1901.
Loaned to the Tennessee State Library and Archives for processing until June 1, 1960.
Donated to the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, Sanford Museum in 1960.

Rights Holder

The displayed collection item is housed at the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, Sanford Museum in Sanford, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from the Sanford Museum to display this item for educational purposes only.

Curator

Fedorka, Drew M.

Digital Collection

Source Repository

External Reference

Westgate, Philip J., and R. Bruce Ledin. "Belair Groves, Sanford, Pioneer in Sub-Tropical Horticultural Introductions." Florida State Horticultural Society 66 (1953): 184-187.

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Original Format

1-page handwritten receipt

Citation

W. Lyon and Company, “Receipt of Payment for E. J. Medicis from W. Lyon and Company (July 20, 1871),” RICHES, accessed November 12, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4007.

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