Box 1
Container
Contains 116 Results:
Letter signed Fred. Frey and other cabin passengers on board the steamboat Mogul, Mississippi River, to Captain Sparhawk, steamboat Majestic, thanking the captain for removing the ship from a bar in Horse Shoe Bend. Also includes undated typescript article titled “Death of Captain George W. Sparhawk,” newspaper clipping regarding his death, and letter signed Mrs. F.M. Leavenworth, to the Missouri Historical Society, March 9, [no year], telling of the activities of her father and his activities. (4 items), 1836 June 23
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1836 June 23
Broadside copy of deposition of Laurent Provencal and Casetan Levesque stating that Charles Becket had told them that he sank the steamboat Tiskilwa for one hundred dollars paid him by the captain of the Wisconsin. (transferred to Broadsides Collection), 1837 Mar 27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1837 Mar 27
Bill of lading for nails shipped by Thomas Sloo, Jr., New Orleans, on board the steamboat Vandalia, to Bridge Rayburn & Co., St. Louis., 1838 Oct 13
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1838 Oct 13
Bill of lading for copper and tin shipped by Small & McGill, New Orleans, on board the steamboat Julia Chouteau, to Bridge & Hale, St. Louis., 1843 Oct 25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1843 Oct 25
Bill of lading for hemp shipped by Henderson, Roberts, & Co., Lexington, Missouri, on board the steamboat Nodaway, to Bridge & Hale, St. Louis., 1844 Feb 21
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1844 Feb 21
Receipt for supplies sent by Jno. P. Sebree, Jr., on board the steamboat Belle St. Louis, to John Farrington, Franklin, [Missouri]., 1876
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1876
Typescript copy of notes related to commerce of St. Louis, 1831-1837, taken from the Missouri Argus on file at the St. Louis Mercantile Library. (1 item) (accession number 74-0054), 1838 Jan 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1838 Jan 3
Bill of lading for sundries, scissors, and glass, shipped by Jessee McKee, St. Louis, on board the keel boat Little Red, to Jessee McKee, Naples, Illinois. Notation on document states: “Received of William McKee, executor of the estate of Jessee McKee, deceased, $2.57,” March 27, 1839. (1 item) (accession number 64-0027), 1838 Oct 31
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1838 Oct 31
Broadside for the steam ferry boat South St. Louis. (transferred to Broadsides Collection), 1839 Mar 12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1839 Mar 12
Letter signed Pope & West, St. Louis, to J. Geo. Kriechbaum, Burlington, Iowa Territory, regarding sale of oats, wheat, and bacon., 1841 June 19
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1841 June 19