Letter signed Henry F. Watson, office of the police commissioners for the city of St. Louis, to Capt. J.E.D. Couzins. States that he has been appointed chief of police at a salary of $1,500 per year. (1 page), 1861 Oct 18

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: D00634

Staff Only

Letter signed Henry F. Watson, office of the police commissioners for the city of St. Louis, to Capt. J.E.D. Couzins, October 18, 1861

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family history; and photocopies of newspaper clippings, many of which appear to have been copied from a family scrapbook, mostly relating to J.E.D. Couzins and Phoebe Couzins.