Printed “Copy of Memorial submitted to the United States Senate in March, 1888, by Thomas W. Palmer, Senator from Michigan, in behalf of Mrs. Adaline Couzins, widow of the late J.E.D. Couzins, United States Marshal for Eastern District of Missouri–St. Louis.” (The text of this document is the same as the previous item, excepting that it also includes a copy of a letter of Edward Bates to George Harrington, dated March 27, 1865, regarding J.E.D. Couzins, and some biographical notes about J.E.D. Couzins. (8 pages) (2 copies), 1888 Mar 27

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: D00031

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Copy of Memorial submitted to the United States Senate in March 1888 by Thomas W. Palmer, Senator from Michigan, in behalf of Mrs. Adaline Couzins, widow of the late J.E.D. Couzins, United States Marshal for Eastern District of Missouri--St. Louis, March 27, 1888

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.