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Outlines the development of the intercoastal waterway. It was originally built for anybody and everybody; sailors a lot of sailboats, barges steamers. There were four principal investors in the waterway, and they were all key businessmen in st. Augustine. They included dr. John westcott who was a medical doctor, a minnologist a surveyor. He was everything. And, in fact, in 1855 he was surveyor general of whole state of florida. So when it came to picking out where the best parcels of land would be in florida dr. Westcott would know. They needed about 100,000 in capital. Dr. Westcott put in 49,000 which in 1881 was a huge sum of money, and the other three put in the balance 51,000. Back then in order to get a corporation or to get permission to do something, to do almost anything, you had to get a charter, a corporate charter from the state legislature. And in 1881 dr. Westcott was well known. It had always been his dream especially after having been surveyor general it had always been

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