Letter signed Henry J. Lyda, general agent for Halstead & Co., to M.S. Mepham. Enclosures: business card Lyda, solicitor of patents and war claims; two copies of a circular of Halstead & Co., Washington, D.C., regarding charter parties or steamers and vessels employed by the government during the Civil War., 1882 Mar 14

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of receipts, accounts, correspondence, and other papers regarding the businesses of M.S. Mepham & Bro., the St. Louis Paint Manufacturing Company, and George S. Mepham & Co. in St. Louis. The collection also contains receipts, correspondence, and other business papers of M.S. Mepham from the 1830s and 1840s, prior to his arrival in St. Louis; several documents relating to the Civil War, many of which do not appear to be related to the Mepham family; papers regarding the steamboats owned by the Mephams, most notably the M.S. Mepham and the Minnie; a check signed by Brigham Young, 1872; invitation to a Socialist Party demonstration with Mother Jones speaking, 1905; a few items from the maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Olympic, 1911; and some personal Mepham family correspondence and papers.