Document of Chauncey I. Filley writes on pages of book, “What Nobody Ever Told Me” by Mrs. Chauncey I. Filley, happenings in their home; people they entertained; the last disabled soldier being carried out of the Fifth St. hospital; the death of the little Arkansas drummer boy; and evening repasts after card playing. Individuals mentioned: Pres. [Ulysses S.] Grant, [Mrs.] Grant, Nellie Grant [daughter], Genl. [W.S.] Rosecran, Rev. Montgomery Schuyler, [Ralph Waldo] Emerson, and Charles Sumner. Places mentioned: St. George’s Parish [St. Louis?] and Fifth St. Hospital [St. Louis?]., No date

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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.