Letter signed Henry Parker, Troy, to Dr. John C. Wells, Warrenton, Missouri. ". . . . Hoping that you may succeed in planting another sprig of the great tree of Temperance, and that it may flourish while under your care, in Warrenton, and become a great tree which shall shelter the heads of many who are groaning under the yoke of the 'fell destroyer,' and a monument to tell in future time, of the happy effects of the glorious cause of Temperance.", 1849 June 11, Box: 1, Folder: 1. Wells Family Papers, A2364. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Letter signed Henry Parker, Troy, to Dr. John C. Wells, Warrenton, Missouri. ". . . . Hoping that you may succeed in planting another sprig of the great tree of Temperance, and that it may flourish while under your care, in Warrenton, and become a great tree which shall shelter the heads of many who are groaning under the yoke of the 'fell destroyer,' and a monument to tell in future time, of the happy effects of the glorious cause of Temperance.", 1849 June 11, Box: 1, Folder: 1. Wells Family Papers, A2364. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/5195 Accessed November 22, 2024.