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Major Alexander St. Clair Abrams (March 10, 1845- June 5, 1931) was an American attorney, politician, and writer. He was born in
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in 1845 and moved to Florida in 1875. He was a prominent attorney in
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. He fought in the
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beginning in 1861 and later wrote ''A full and detailed history of the
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''. In 1880, Abrams founded the city of
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. He envisioned that Tavares would become the state capital until a fire destroyed the majority of the downtown. In 1887, he aided in the introduction of the bill which would establish
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. He died in
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, on June 5, 1931.


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1845 births 1931 deaths 19th-century Florida politicians People from Tavares, Florida Lake County, Florida Confederate States Army officers 19th-century American historians American people of Portuguese descent {{Florida-politician-stub