Letter signed A.B., St. Louis, to James Gordon Bennett, N.Y. High praise for St. Louis, its location; steamer traffic on the river, brick houses, the Planters House, Court House; Bloody Island; shot tower being constructed here. On Sunday last a mob was raised to pull down medical buildings belonging to the Catholic University because of careless disposition of dissected bodies. The mayor interfered by calling the military which held the mob at bay and saved the buildings. There is also another medical school here which is said to be much in advance of the other in the professorship and accommodations., 1844 Feb 29, Box: 2, Folder: 1. Saint Louis History Collection, A1427. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Letter signed A.B., St. Louis, to James Gordon Bennett, N.Y. High praise for St. Louis, its location; steamer traffic on the river, brick houses, the Planters House, Court House; Bloody Island; shot tower being constructed here. On Sunday last a mob was raised to pull down medical buildings belonging to the Catholic University because of careless disposition of dissected bodies. The mayor interfered by calling the military which held the mob at bay and saved the buildings. There is also another medical school here which is said to be much in advance of the other in the professorship and accommodations., 1844 Feb 29, Box: 2, Folder: 1. Saint Louis History Collection, A1427. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/17048 Accessed September 19, 2024.