Typed copy of letter signed R. Simpson, St. Louis, to E.H. Shepard. Reminiscences of early St. Louis. Individuals mentioned: Capt. George Peters, Ensign Taylor, Capt. Gibson, John [McKnight], Thomas [McKnight], James McKnight, Thomas Brady, John Baptiste Bellecourt, Wilson, Meriwether Lewis, Frederick Bates, Jerry Conner, Col. Auguste Chouteau, Major Pierre Chouteau, the Cabannes, Sarpy, Brazeau, Papin, Conner, Labbadie [Labadie], Charles Gratiot, Madame Chouteau, Antoine Chenie, Bernard Pratte, Bartholomew Berthold, Madame William Herbert LeCompte, Major William Christy, Francois Valois, Rezin Webster, Charles Sanguinette, A. Danjen, Joseph Robidou, the Benoist family, Edward Hempstead, Clement Biddle Penrose, Manuel Lisa, Pierre Didier, John B.C. Lucas, Dr. Saugrain, Provenchere, Antoine Soulard, Judge Silas Bent, Lane, Pierre Douchequette, Col. Rufus Easton, the Primm family, Paschal Cerre, Dr. Bernard G. Farrar, William C. Carr, Col. Thomas B. Hunt, Col. Daniel Bissell, Joseph Charless, Capt. Owens, John Rice Jones, Clement P. Penrose, Thomas F. Riddick, Rueben Lewis, Capt. Symms, Jonathan Wilder, Sir John Franklin, Robert Dickson, Capt. Jacob Reed, and the Johnsons. Businesses mentioned: McKnight & Brady and Hunt & Hankinson. Places mentioned: Port Tobacco, Charles County, Md.; Washington City, Fort Madison, Mississippi [River], Pittsburg, New Orleans, Mount Pleasant, Cincinnati, Fort Massac, Georgetown, D.C.; Mill Creek, Arsenal, Bellefontaine Barracks, Missouri bottom, Ohio River, Kentucky, Rocky Mountains, Lexington, East Tennessee, Bean’s Station, Louisville, and Sawyer’s Bend., 1868 July 1, Box: 2, Folder: 3. Saint Louis History Collection, A1427. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Typed copy of letter signed R. Simpson, St. Louis, to E.H. Shepard. Reminiscences of early St. Louis. Individuals mentioned: Capt. George Peters, Ensign Taylor, Capt. Gibson, John [McKnight], Thomas [McKnight], James McKnight, Thomas Brady, John Baptiste Bellecourt, Wilson, Meriwether Lewis, Frederick Bates, Jerry Conner, Col. Auguste Chouteau, Major Pierre Chouteau, the Cabannes, Sarpy, Brazeau, Papin, Conner, Labbadie [Labadie], Charles Gratiot, Madame Chouteau, Antoine Chenie, Bernard Pratte, Bartholomew Berthold, Madame William Herbert LeCompte, Major William Christy, Francois Valois, Rezin Webster, Charles Sanguinette, A. Danjen, Joseph Robidou, the Benoist family, Edward Hempstead, Clement Biddle Penrose, Manuel Lisa, Pierre Didier, John B.C. Lucas, Dr. Saugrain, Provenchere, Antoine Soulard, Judge Silas Bent, Lane, Pierre Douchequette, Col. Rufus Easton, the Primm family, Paschal Cerre, Dr. Bernard G. Farrar, William C. Carr, Col. Thomas B. Hunt, Col. Daniel Bissell, Joseph Charless, Capt. Owens, John Rice Jones, Clement P. Penrose, Thomas F. Riddick, Rueben Lewis, Capt. Symms, Jonathan Wilder, Sir John Franklin, Robert Dickson, Capt. Jacob Reed, and the Johnsons. Businesses mentioned: McKnight & Brady and Hunt & Hankinson. Places mentioned: Port Tobacco, Charles County, Md.; Washington City, Fort Madison, Mississippi [River], Pittsburg, New Orleans, Mount Pleasant, Cincinnati, Fort Massac, Georgetown, D.C.; Mill Creek, Arsenal, Bellefontaine Barracks, Missouri bottom, Ohio River, Kentucky, Rocky Mountains, Lexington, East Tennessee, Bean’s Station, Louisville, and Sawyer’s Bend., 1868 July 1, Box: 2, Folder: 3. Saint Louis History Collection, A1427. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/17140 Accessed September 19, 2024.