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Letter signed Benj. P. Howland, St. Louis, to Maj. Benj. Emmons, Jr. I have been trying find time to write since your visit last fall. I am still at work for Ransom and expect to continue till Spring, though I do not like the work. I would like some kind of business. I would like to get a job on a steamboat. If you can help with that I will be obliged. Give my respects to Uncle and Aunt and to Mr. and Mrs. Powell and the soon to be Mrs. Emmons. The military were out on the 8th and presented a warlike appearance. That night there was a splendid ball at Concert Hall. The Hards had a grand council talk at the Court House and passed a long string of resolutions about Polk, Dallas, and old Jackson. They seem to be somewhat mum on the Texan question. I begin to think annexation is a humbug., 1845 Jan 12

 Item — Box: 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the history of St. Charles, Missouri, and spans the lives of three generations of the Benjamin Emmons family. Persons involved in the early transactions include Edward Bates, Frederick Bates, Charles Dehault Delassus, John C. Edwards, Archibald Gamble, Hamilton Gamble, J. Mackay, William G. Pettus, Amos Stoddard, and Zenon Trudeau. Manuscripts include St. Charles land documents from the French and Spanish periods, including Zenon Trudeau's decree to the inhabitants of St. Charles (1796), materials relating to the Louisiana Purchase, and documents relating to the St. Charles Commons. Also includes a diary of a trip from Virginia to Missouri, and from Dardenne Prairie to Jefferson City by William M. Campbell (1830); correspondence and legal documents of Benjamin L. Emmons, attorney; tax assessments in St. Charles County for 1843; lists of lands and town lots and taxes thereon for 1842 (filed May 3, 1844); list of citizenship papers (1859); a muster roll of the St. Charles Home Guards (filed 1862); emancipation certificates for slaves released by Radical Emancipationist owners in St. Charles (filed September 29, 1863); an annual report of the St. Charles Library Catholic Association (January 7, 1868); and a scrapbook. Some typescript translations.

Dates

  • 1845 Jan 12

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.17 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (AMD)))

Language of Materials

English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository

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