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George Rainsford Fairbanks (1820–1906) was a lawyer, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Florida State Senator, president of Florida Fruit Growers Association and the Florida Fruit Exchange; editor of the Florida Mirror; the author of books on Florida history; and the founder and president of Florida Historical Society. He lived in Fernandina Beach. He is listed as a Great Floridian. (From Wikipedia) More about George R. Fairbanks:
| | Books by George R. Fairbanks: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906: History of Florida From its Discovery by Ponce de Leon, in 1512, to the Close of the Florida War, in 1842 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co.; Jacksonville: C. Drew, 1871)
Additional books by George R. Fairbanks in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906: Florida, its history and its romance : the oldest settlement in the United States, associated with the most romantic events of American history, under the Spanish, French, and American flags, 1497-1901 (H. and W. B. Drew, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)- Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906: History and antiquities of St. Augustine, Florida (Columbus Drew, 1868), also by Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906: History and antiquities of St. Augustine, Florida (Horace Drew, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906: The history and antiquities of the city of St. Augustine, Florida, founded 1565. (C. B. Norton, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906: History of the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tennessee : from its founding by the southern bishops, clergy, and laity of the Episcopal Church in 1857 to the year 1905 (H. & W.B. Drew Co., 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906: Introductory lecture, delivered by George R. Fairbanks, Esq., before the Florida Historical Society, April 15, 1857 (Florida historical society, 1857), also by Saint Augustine Florida Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906: The Spaniards in Florida: Comprising the Notable Settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 (Gutenberg ebook)
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