Letter signed Phoebe W. Couzins, Louisiana, Missouri, to Thomas B. Reed, New York. Requests Mr. Reed to look up a probate administration, and discusses the history of the Tully and Weston families. Encloses copies of will and estate of Bartholomew Tully. (Bartholomew Tully married Frances Weston, who was the oldest sister of Phoebe Couzins’ mother, Adaline.) Letter mentions Samuel Weston, Margaret Tully, and Agnes Tully. (8 pages), 1900 May 28

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: D00653

Staff Only

Letter signed Phoebe W. Couzins, Louisiana, Missouri, to Thomas B. Reed, New York, May 28, 1900

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.