Letter signed Chauncey I. Filley, St. Louis, to Mrs. Nettie Harney Beauregard. Her letter has given him additional impulse to continue the subject and give to the pioneers of Missouri their share and due in the upbuilding of the commonwealth. Thinks it may be possible to make photos of Reavis’ frontispiece and dedication tribute to Gen. Wm. Selby Harney. “Today arrangements have been concluded for the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce banquet…for Oct. 16th, antedating my four score and ten milestone reach of Oct. 17th.” Recalls his activity as a shipping clerk, and speaks of himself as dean of the surviving mayors, dean of the Charter and Organization (sole surviving member of the 1865 State Constitutional Convention), etc. Individuals mentioned: Columbus, Naragansetts, Pequots, Mohawks, Sioux, St. Louis Historical Society, Territorial Convention, Col. Doniphan, Genl. Kearney, Pershing, Crowder, Gen. Zachary Taylor, Gen. Winfield Scott, Gen. Wool, Gen. Sam House, and New Orleans Miss. Valley Com. Con. Places mentioned: New England, Virginia, Naragansett Bay, Schenectady, Mexico, California, France, Chateau-Thierry, Argonne, Paris, Texas, Central America, South America, and New Orleans., 1919 Oct 7

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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.