[3] Robert Benjamin Hilton moved to Tallahassee, Florida, where he established a law practice in 1849.
[4] The same year, he and Augustus Maxwell entered the newspaper business when they co-owned and edited the Floridian in Tallahassee.
Senator Stephen Mallory's speeches March 27, 1858 and various political movements leading up to Florida's secession from the United States before the American Civil War.
[9] In 1861 the office printed the publication titled Convention of the People of Florida: Begun and Held at the Capitol in the City of Tallahassee [sic], on Thursday, January 3, AD, Part 1861, covering the Florida Secession Convention.
[12] The paper's articles are cited as resources for coverage of events including political organizing and Florida's secession movement before the American Civil War.