LETTERS FROM FLORIDA.


feel it important, as well as just, that Florida should
not be compelled to own all the invalids that visit her


shores. When
Florida, before y
from what section
came, or if they
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smaller towns or
the banks of the
find Rollestown,
two from San M
and capable of


About five thous
two brothers, an


you bear of sickness and death in
ou make out the estimate, just inquire
)n of the country these unfortunates
claim this State as their home.
nship map of Florida locates all the
villages which are springing up along
St. John's; and among them you will
about three miles from Palatka and
ateo. It is on a bluff, or high land,
being made exceedingly beautiful.
iand acres of this point is owned by
i on the bank of the river they are


cultivating the orange-tree with unusual promise of
success. .
 "In 1765 Denis Rolle, Esq., father of Lord Rolle
of England, obtained from the King a grant of forty
thousand acres, and embarked with one hundred fami-
lies, intending to settle in Middle Florida, near the
St. Mark's River, but was driven by stress of weather
into the St. John's River, and, wearied with a long
voyage, decided to remain, and selected his location,
from about three miles above Palatka, nearly up to
Denis Lake."
 Here he built his own mansion and tenements for
the people he brought over to cultivate his land, in-
tending to raise corn, cotton, and indigo, the last be-
ing a very profitable article of merchandise.
 This place has natural advantages surpassed by
very few on the St. John's. On September 1, 1766,


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