Obadiah Henry Platt (March 20, 1806 – 1893) was a pioneer in the settlement of Tampa, Florida.[1][2] The First Congregational Church at 2201 North Florida Avenue was dedicated to him in 1906 after the congregation moved from downtown Tampa.[2]
Platt was born in Galway, New York and studied at Union College. He practised law in New York and helped start the New-York Tribune.[3] He moved to Vermont in 1847 and operated the Vermont Phoenix and later the Vermont Republican newspapers.[4] He then moved to Saint Louis, Missouri and Hyde Park, Chicago before finally settling in Tampa. He named Hyde Park in Tampa after the place in Illinois.[5]
Abraham Lincoln appointed Platt paymaster of the Union Army in 1861.[6][7] Platt wrote to Lincoln in 1864, critical of his conciliatory policy.[8]
References
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- ^ a b "Revitalizing Neighborhoods: Tampa Heights". Metro Jacksonville. 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Obadiah H. Platt, '30". Union College. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Vermont Phoenix". Library of Congress. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Kamm, Grayson (17 November 2010). "Why do they call it that? Hyde Park LIVE on the road!". WTSP. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "O. H. Platt". Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. University of Michigan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders & Proclamations: Apr. 30, 1789 to Mar. 4, 1921, George Washington to Woodrow Wilson. Congressional Information Service. 1986. p. 439. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Obadiah H. Platt to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, August 31, 1864 (Critical of Lincoln's conciliatory policy towards rebels)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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