Letter signed Flora Byrne, Byrnham Wood, to My dear Frank [Master Frank Mayer, Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland]. I have just returned from a trip to St. Louis on the steamer. The Planter’s House was quite as stylish as ever. I had no idea I was so well remembered there. “Even the officers and their wives from Jefferson Barracks twelve miles distant came to visit and write.” Some Indian chiefs from the Sac tribe were there. Note to Aunt Flora requests her to get Mrs. Norris to ink her pattern on a newspaper and send it. Individuals mentioned include Mrs. Norris, Healeyside, Frank, Aunt Flora, Mr. Elliot, and Edmond. Places mentioned include Baltimore, Keokuk, St. Louis, Planter’s House, “Mound City,” and Jefferson Barracks. (4 pages), [1848] May 12

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

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Scope and Contents

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.