Letter signed Ferd. B. Kennett, Jr., Mountain City, D.T., to Mother [Mrs. Julia Kennett]. We have reached rim rock on our claims and found gold which will pay $3 or $4 per day and the chances are greatly in favor of our finding $10 or $15 when we reach bed rock in the middle of the gulch. I will go to Deadwood next week and forward Sallie some money. I am greatly comforted to know you will take so much interest in my babies. Teach them to be gentlemen and women and get all the Boyce manner and characteristics out of them if possible. As soon as I can find some responsible party going to Cheyenne I will have Sallie’s goods shipped to Chadbourne to be forwarded to her at Selma., 1877 June 20

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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.