Deborah, There has been much written about David Levy Yulee in Florida histories. Briefly, he is said to have been of Portuguese and Jewish descent, born in St. Thomas, the West Indies. He was an early settler in (then) Hernando County, Florida, at Homosassa. His plantation contained about 1,000 acres of cleared land, with a sugar mill, storerooms, and slave quarters. The main house was located on an island in the Homosassa River. A Union force attacked and burned the Yulee mansion and outbuildings during the Civil War, perhaps because supplies such as sugar, syrup, and fruit were known to be sent from there north to Confederate forces There are several manuscripts about David Yulee that I have heard of. One is by James Alderman--"David Levy Yulee, Antebellum Florida Leader, 1810-1866"--Master's Thesis, Chapel Hill, NC, 1946. Another, by Wickliffe Yulee, is "Biographical Sketch of David Yulee." I suspect a copy of that could be found at the State Library of Florida in Tallahassee. You may find more at the Florida State Archives at <http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dlis/barm/fsa2.html#research>. Kathleen Marsh kmarsh@innet.com