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Algernon S. Speer

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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]

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  1. ^ "The People Lawmaker in Florida 1822-2019" (PDF). Florida Memory. February 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Territorial Papers". U. S. Government Printing Office. 1962. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Brown Jr., Canter (1997). Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor. Louisiana State University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0807141712. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "House". uflib.ufl.edu. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  5. ^ "Table of contents Contributors to this issue" (PDF). cfgs.org. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  6. ^ "Belair Groves" (PDF). fshs.org. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  7. ^ "1850". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  8. ^ "1850". us-census.org. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  9. ^ "Indian Mound Has Clues To Artifact-filled Middens". orlandosentinel.com. May 23, 1999. Retrieved October 30, 2016.