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Page 49 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Page 49 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…to Tampa, then in a schooner to the Manatee River where Frank Guptill and Jack met them with the “Vision” which good ship brought them triumphantly home to the Webb’s Wharf at Osprey, Fla.William and Marguerite lived for a few years in the little Hutching’s house where Charles was born, May 30, 1886.In 1890 Will built a house on the bay which at this writing still stands after fifty years and has been through many severe storms and hurricanes.About this date, Will sold the “Vision” so the beautiful and staunch little schooner sailed out of the lovely little Osprey Bay for the last time.One of grandfather John’s guests was a Miss Mary M. Sherrill who was suffering from consumption. Her mother had brought her to Osprey in homes the Florida climate might cure her daughter.Mary was a saintly girl and loved by all who knew her. She grew worse of the disease and died here. One of her…” Page 49 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…to Tampa, then in a schooner to the Manatee River where Frank Guptill and Jack met them with the “Vision” which good ship brought them triumphantly home to the Webb’s Wharf at Osprey, Fla.William and Marguerite lived for a few years in the little Hutching’s house where Charles was born, May 30, 1886.In 1890 Will built a house on the bay which at this writing still stands after fifty years and has been through many severe storms and hurricanes.About this date, Will sold the “Vision” so the beautiful and staunch little schooner sailed out of the lovely little Osprey Bay for the last time.One of grandfather John’s guests was a Miss Mary M. Sherrill who was suffering from consumption. Her mother had brought her to Osprey in homes the Florida climate might cure her daughter.Mary was a saintly girl and loved by all who knew her. She grew worse of the disease and died here. One of her…” Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb Guptill, Frank Manatee River Sherrill, Mary M. Vision (schooner) Webb, Charles W. Webb, Jack Webb, Marguerite Webb, William B. Webb’s Wharf United States Florida Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection

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Page 49 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…to Tampa, then in a schooner to the Manatee River where Frank Guptill and Jack met them with the “Vision” which good ship brought them triumphantly home to the Webb’s Wharf at Osprey, Fla.William and Marguerite lived for a few years in the little Hutching’s house where Charles was born, May 30, 1886.In 1890 Will built a house on the bay which at this writing still stands after fifty years and has been through many severe storms and hurricanes.About this date, Will sold the “Vision” so the beautiful and staunch little schooner sailed out of the lovely little Osprey Bay for the last time.One of grandfather John’s guests was a Miss Mary M. Sherrill who was suffering from consumption. Her mother had brought her to Osprey in homes the Florida climate might cure her daughter.Mary was a saintly girl and loved by all who knew her. She grew worse of the disease and died here. One of her…”

Page 49 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…to Tampa, then in a schooner to the Manatee River where Frank Guptill and Jack met them with the “Vision” which good ship brought them triumphantly home to the Webb’s Wharf at Osprey, Fla.William and Marguerite lived for a few years in the little Hutching’s house where Charles was born, May 30, 1886.In 1890 Will built a house on the bay which at this writing still stands after fifty years and has been through many severe storms and hurricanes.About this date, Will sold the “Vision” so the beautiful and staunch little schooner sailed out of the lovely little Osprey Bay for the last time.One of grandfather John’s guests was a Miss Mary M. Sherrill who was suffering from consumption. Her mother had brought her to Osprey in homes the Florida climate might cure her daughter.Mary was a saintly girl and loved by all who knew her. She grew worse of the disease and died here. One of her…”

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Guptill, Frank

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Sherrill, Mary M.

Vision (schooner)

Webb, Charles W.

Webb, Jack

Webb, Marguerite

Webb, William B.

Webb’s Wharf

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Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection