Francis in Florida

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Identifier: JML.SphexClub_Wright_20251009
Title: Francis in Florida
Description: Text of a lecture delivered to the Sphex Club on October 9, 2025. In his will, Thomas Jefferson left the Poplar Forest house and farm to his grandson, Francis Eppes. Two years after Jefferson’s death, Eppes sold his inheritance and moved with his family to the Florida Territory. Dr. Wright’s paper explores the reasons for the move and describes Eppes’s life in Florida, where he raised a family and became a successful planter, politician, supporter of education, and instrumental in the expansion of the Episcopal church.
Date: 9 October 2026
Creator: Wright, James W.
Subject: Sphex Club -- lectures
topic: Eppes, Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson, Florida, Tallahassee, Orlando, Episcopal, intendant, Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph, Susan Margaret Ware, Shine, Florida State University, FSU
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Digital Format: pdf
Language: English
Publisher: Sphex Club (Lynchburg, Va.)
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: Wright, James W.; George M. Jones Library Association
Rights Holder: George M. Jones Library Association