Letter signed Flora Byrne, Byrnham Wood, to My dear Eliza [Mrs. Mayer, Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland]. I have been entertaining visitors from St. Louis, “who were genteel intellectual people and withal very disagreeable.” The Right Reverend Bishop Barron has also just left. He is “a perfect man of the world, polished in the extreme.” Describes the visit in detail. Summer here has been hot and dry. I wish you would come here next summer. Individuals mentioned include Eliza B. Mayer, Aunt Flora, Charley, Right Riverend Bishop Barron, Edmond, Mr. Byrne, Mrs. Byrne, Annie, Brighams, Jamie, Colonel Markle, Frank, Mary, and Mrs. Johnson. Places mentioned include New Orleans, Baltimore, La Grange, St. Louis, Ireland, Kimmidge, and Dublin. (4 pages), 1846 Sept 1

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2

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From the Collection:

The Mayer Family Papers consist of the correspondence of Flora Byrne to Mrs. Charles F. Mayer. Describes her life and family at Byrnham Wood in Clark County near Winchester, Missouri. Includes correspondence from various members of the family in Baltimore, Maryland. The letters contain many sidelights on the state of development in that day, mention well-known characters, and show the facilities for transportation between the Atlantic seaboard and St. Louis. The latest letters, dated in 1861, document Civil War movements in St. Louis and Baltimore. The collection also includes miscellaneous correspondence regarding the donation and the drawings of Francis [Frank] Blackwell Mayer.