Editing Quincy, Florida (section)

===Early Florida Statehood and Antebellum Years===
[[File:Quincy FL Courthouse05.JPG|thumb|left|Gadsden County Courthouse in Quincy]]
Established in 1828, Quincy is the county seat of Gadsden County, and was named for [[John Quincy Adams]].<ref name="Profile for Quincy, Florida, FL">{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8872|title= Profile for Quincy, Florida, FL|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= July 16, 2016|archive-date= March 4, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002229/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8872|url-status= dead}}</ref> It is located {{convert|25|mi}} northwest of [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], the state capital. Quincy's economy was based on agriculture, including farming tomatoes, tobacco, mushrooms, soybeans and other crops.

According to ''The Floridian'' newspaper, in 1840 there were two schools in Quincy, the Quincy Male Academy<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28416631/the_quincy_florida_male_academy/
|title=Quincy Male Academy
|page=1
|newspaper=The Floridian
|location=Tallahassee, Florida
|date=January 18, 1840}}</ref> and the Quincy Female Academy.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28416854/the_quincy_female_academy/
|newspaper=The Floridian
|location=Tallahassee, Florida
|title=Quincy Female Academy
|page=1
|last=Edwards
|first=R. I., principal
|date=January 18, 1840}}</ref> Joshua Knowles published the ''Quincy Sentinel'' in Quincy from November 1839 until it relocated to Tallahassee and became the ''[[Florida Sentinel]]'' in 1841.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbAKAAAAIAAJ&q=florida+sentinel+clisby|title=Florida Historical Quarterly|date=March 2, 1942|publisher=Florida Historical Society|via=Google Books}}</ref> The paper began publishing in Tallahassee in February or March 1841 as a successor to Quincy Sentinel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrAKAAAAIAAJ&q=florida+sentinel+clisby|title=Territorial Florida journalism|first=James Owen|last=Knauss|date=March 2, 1926|publisher=The Florida state historical society|via=Google Books}}</ref>