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  • Petition to create seminaries in Florida Today in Florida History April 02, 1836 - The United States Congress was petitioned today for land grants to fund the creation of seminaries in East and West Florida. As early as 1823 the newly established Florida legislature began to plan a system of institutions of higher learning in the sparsely populated U.S. territory. The 1838 Constitution provided language guaranteeing the establishment and appropriation of land for...Read more
 

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