Letter signed Chauncey I. Filley to Mrs. Beauregard. Includes pamphlet. Has mailed copies of his New Orleans Chamber of Commerce off-hand addresses of May 4 and 24-28, 1869, to the New Orleans Mississippi Valley Commercial Convention. Names the delegates of the convention and describes their reception in New Orleans. Makes the remark, “I never wrote a speech except one – 1898, Aug 23rd, to a State Convention in opening it in order to have it as a protection from misrepresentation.” Goes on to comment on the fact that “Pres. [Woodrow] Wilson has never claimed, nor asserted, that his party elected him. It was the sentiment of the public – from Plymouth Rock to the Golden Gate.” Individuals mentioned: E.O. Stanard, Lee R. Shyrock, Thos. Richeson, Collier White Lead Co., Mr. Neman, Mrs. Filley, Tennyson, and Prof. Usher, Gaianne. Places mentioned: Biloxi, Pass Christian, Lake Ponchartrain, Keokuk, St. Paul, Louisville, Ky.; Mississippi River, Birmingham, Jamestown, Canada, Alabama River, Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Argentina, India, Australia, Panama Canal, Ozarks, and the Danube., 1914 Mar 21

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Papers consist mainly of correspondence of Oliver D. and Giles F. Filley to their family in Connecticut, relating to early ventures in the tin and stove manufacturing business. Giles F. Filley's firm, the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, made the famous "Charter Oak" cooking stove. Also includes records pertaining to affairs and public service of Chauncey Ives Filley. These include Chauncey I. Filley's letterbook, 1862, containing only two letters, one of which discusses railway routes between St. Louis and Little Rock and Bismarck and Little Rock, and map of Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts. Also includes personal record book of Augustus Filley, 1874-1818, with information on the Filley family in Windsor, Connecticut, and other genealogical information. This collection contains much of political interest as well as social sidelights on St. Louis history, including data on James O. Broadhead, the Chartrand family, the Civil War, Gen. John B. Clark, the constitutional convention of 1865, the Eads Bridge, James A. Garfield, Samuel T. Glover, Judge Louis Gottschalk, William S. Harney, the growth of the post office in St. Louis, early railroads, Gen. Rosecrans, the early days of St. Louis, St. Louis Gas Company, the Sanitary Fair Commission, Carl Schurz, and transportation, waterways, etc.