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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 14 > Life in 16th-century Florida brought to light in papers

Life in 16th-century Florida brought to light in papers

Archives from St. Augustine - ‘a pocketful of miracles’ - were scattered, neglected, collected and now are safely preserved

By Ron Word / The Bulletin
November 14, 2009

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Sister Catherine Bitzer slowly opened a file box and carefully removed a brittle page, scarred by years of neglectful storage, mold and insects. At 415 years old, the marriage record written by a Roman Catholic priest is still readable and is one of the oldest known....

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