Letter signed D.M. Frost, Hazelwood, to Graham [Frost]. Get a copy of your baptismal record to use in your speech as Edwards has repeatedly asserted that you are only 23 years of age. I have told the Frenchmen that you would also make a speech in French. Edwards has employed Dr. Morris to make a speech for him on Saturday. I use this as an evidence that Edwards is not much of a man for Congress. Mike Edwards is willing to serve on a ticket headed “Frost Ticket”; he also said not to bring Billy Ragget with you as they had heard in Florissant that he had said he could carry their delegation with some very small sum of money. I shall try to make up the ticket without my name., 1876 Sept 20

Item — Box: 3

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection comprises papers of the Kennett and Frost families, including notes and receipts of the Kennett, White and Company, circa 1840; letters of D.M. Frost to his wife from Texas in 1852 regarding Indian wars and letters dated 1856 regarding the Sioux War; diary of Edwin Harrison, 1858, which concerns the social life of St. Louis; and Civil War letters of Ferdinand Kennett, Jr. (Confederate) to his parents, 1864. (The Kennett family left Selma Hall and moved to St. Louis during the Civil War. Selma Hall was occupied by both forces during the war.) Also includes various household and personal accounts of Mrs. Julia Kennett; business papers regarding the lead business, balance sheet of the shot tower, 1858; letters from Lily Graham Frost, at Visitation Academy, to family members at Selma Hall, 1859; letter of V.S. Blair to Agnes Brent, dated February 21, 1891, describing Sherman's funeral procession; some letters of Robert S. Brookings after his purchase of Selma Hall; undated material includes bills, receipts and correspondence regarding Selma Hall. The collection also includes the record of a committee of fifty appointed on April 14, 1853, to obtain subscriptions for a testimonial for Luther M. Kennett. Typed copy of a biographical letter written by Kennett inserted into volume.