Algernon S. Speer Explained

Algernon Sidney Speer

Dr. Algernon Sidney Speer (1818–1857) was a Florida settler and politician, serving as House of Representative for Orange County, Florida in the Florida State Legislature[1] [2] [3] from 1854-1855.[4] Before his political career, he was also a lawyer,[5] horticulturist, farmer.[6] [7] [8] Speer's Landing is named for him.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: February 2019 . The People Lawmaker in Florida 1822-2019 . February 8, 2023 . Florida Memory.
  2. Web site: The Territorial Papers . 1962 . U. S. Government Printing Office . October 30, 2016.
  3. Book: Brown Jr., Canter . 1997 . Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor . . 61 . 0807141712 . October 30, 2016.
  4. Web site: House . uflib.ufl.edu . October 30, 2016.
  5. Web site: Table of contents Contributors to this issue . 2002 . cfgs.org . October 30, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001180609/http://www.cfgs.org/images/files/quarterly/bt200203_cfgs_quarterly_vol_34-1.pdf . October 1, 2015 . dead .
  6. Web site: Belair Groves . fshs.org . October 30, 2016.
  7. Web site: 1850 . usgwarchives.net . October 30, 2016.
  8. Web site: 1850 . us-census.org . October 30, 2016.
  9. News: Indian Mound Has Clues To Artifact-filled Middens . May 23, 1999 . orlandosentinel.com . October 30, 2016.