Box 1
Container
Contains 116 Results:
“New Illustrated River Guide,” published by Conrad Witter’s Book, Paper & Stationery Store, St. Louis, Missouri. Contains charts of distances of towns from St. Louis on the Missouri, Ohio, Mississippi, and Illinois Rivers. Also includes engraved images of the St. Louis riverfront and other scenes, and a map showing river and rail routes in the northeast quadrant of the country. Map engraved by George A. Bauer; published by John T. Fiala. (1 item), ca. 1855-1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
ca. 1855-1864
Ticket for the Missouri River steamboat John Warner., ca. 1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
ca. 1856
Letter signed M.L. Virden, Galena, Illinois, to brother, April 4, 1857, recounts his steamboat experiences on numerous ships, including Midas, Avondale, Altamont, and Northern Belle; letter signed M.L. Virden, Canton, Mississippi, to his sister, June 24, 1866, discusses his family, health, and fondness for his Delaware friends; and Ruth Ferris’s undated typescript notes regarding first letter’s contents. (3 items) (accession number 62-0005), 1857-1866
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1857-1866
Application of Blount & Shanks to the St. Joseph Insurance Company for the steamboat Star of the West from St. Louis to St. Joseph. (1 item) (accession number 62-0042), 1857 Mar 4
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1857 Mar 4
Bill of lading, steamboat Falls City, St. Louis., 1857 Apr
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1857 Apr
Application of R.L. McDonald to the St. Joseph Insurance Company for the steamboat John Warner from St. Louis to St. Joseph. (1 item) (accession number 62-0042), 1857 Apr 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1857 Apr 2
Typescript copy of extracts (11 pages) from the journal of Dr. Hiram Mills while traveling on the steamboat St. Clair to Cincinnati in 1853, which includes accounts of gambling on the boat. Later note of Dr. Mills is dated April 13, 1857. Also includes copy of the journal that was published in the Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society (Volume XIII, No. 4, Part I; July 1957). (2 items), 1857 Apr 13
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1857 Apr 13
Bill of lading, steamer Spread Eagle, St. Louis. (1 item) (accession number 77-0004), 1857 Apr 18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1857 Apr 18
Receipt of payment of T.C. Pollock to the St. Louis, Memphis & New Orleans Packet for shipment of provisions on the steamer Aleck Scott, dated Natchez, April 1857. (gift of Captain Charles M. Berkley, November 1931), 1857 Apr 24
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1857 Apr 24
Printed request for insurance on the steamer Minnehaha from St. Louis to Brownsville for McAllister & Dozier in the St. Joseph Insurance Company, signed Scarrit & Mason, Nebraska City Office., 1857 Apr 25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1857 Apr 25