John F. Long Papers

Collection

Identifier: A0930

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, land records, tax receipts, commissions, property deeds, invitations, and clippings relating to the Long family and John F. Long's personal and business relationship with Ulysses S. Grant.

Dates

1790-1917; no date

Creator

Long, John Fenton, 1816-1888 (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Due to security concerns, items from this collection must be paged to the Special Archives Request table.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.

Biographical Sketch

John Fenton Long was born on the White Haven Farm in St. Louis County in 1816. He was the son of William Lindsay Long (1789-1849) and Elizabeth Sappington Long (1789-1849), builders of the original White Haven home, and grandson of Captain John Long, Revolutionary War veteran and early resident of St. Louis. The Dent family purchased White Haven four years after John F. Long’s birth and remained closely associated with the Long family. Long married Frances Pipkin (1820-1863) and the couple had three daughters: Susan, Lillie, and Emaline. After Frances’s death, he married Mary N. (Sappington) Vale, widow of Humphrey Vale. John and Mary had no children by birth, but adopted a daughter, Mary Hardesty. Long was educated in St. Louis and became a schoolteacher. He later served in a number of official offices including police chief of the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County marshal, county judge, and collector of customs of the port of St. Louis. He also served on the St. Louis city council. John F. Long was a close friend of U.S. Grant and served as Grant’s St. Louis agent during his presidency. John F. Long died in 1888.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet ( (4 folders))

Language of Materials

English

French

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in chronological order.

Physical and Technical Requirements

There are no physical or technical restrictions.

Donor Information

John F. Long donated a portion of the papers in 1869. Lillie Bogg Schott donated the majority of the papers, including the autographed letters signed by U.S. Grant, in November 1957. An unidentified donor donated additional documents in July 1979.