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Box 2

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Contains 88 Results:

Document signed M. Wherry, Collector of Revenue for City of St. Louis. Certifies that Geo. K. McGunneggle was purchaser of ground adjoining property of Thomas & C.S. Hempstead, and McKnight and Brady, and Francis Clement. Ground was sold to satisfy taxes due for 1824 from the estate of Zachariah Muzzina., 1825 Jan 17

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 Jan 17

Auguste Chouteau’s petition for 1281 arpens at Cote Brilliante, six miles from the town of St. Louis, tracing the petition for a distillery to the year 1799. David Coulter, in 1817, claimed part of tract under New Madrid certificate. Individuals mentioned include Auguste Chouteau, Peter Payant, Don Carlos Dehault Delassus, John Watkins, Antoine Soulard, David Coulter, Peter Noblesse, William C. Preston, William Harper, Edward Bates and John D. Coulter. Places mentioned include Cote Brilliante., 1825 Mar

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 Mar

General Duff Green account with Mrs. Mary Ann Lee., 1825 Apr 7

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 Apr 7

Letter signed James W. White, St. Louis, Missouri, to John W. Honey. I wish to become a purchaser of your [*] screening shot. I propose either to purchase the right to be used any place in the State, at the cliffs of Selma alone, or to pay you a certain sum for each thousand pounds of shot that I shall manufacture. [copy] [*patent for?] (1 page), 1825 May 8

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 May 8

Translation, power of attorney granted John Schuler, tavernkeeper in Little Rock, province of Arkansas in South America, to handle estate of Chistian Ernst Zoeller, who died in Little Rock. Family lives in Grand Dukedom of Baden in France., 1825 May 19

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 May 19

Letter signed John W. Honey, Herculaneum, to James M. White, Cliffs of Selma, Jefferson County, Missouri. You advise you are interested in purchase of my patent for screening tables. State terms. They may seem exorbitant but I am interested in shot manufacturing and can best judge how my interest will be affected by selling the patent. Places mentioned include Cliffs of Selma. 3 pages, 1825 May 28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 May 28

Includes 5 items: Document signed Jno O’Fallon, executor of last will and testament of William Stokes, dated June 25, 1825. General William H. Ashley will pay John Graves on order $500 in consideration of having furnished me with information regarding bounty lands belonging to estate of late William Stokes; Letter signed Jno. O’Fallon, St. Louis, to John Graves, dated June 26, 1825. Enclosed is order on General Ashley. Mr. Tooley has been several days with us, having made sale of his tobacco to Scott & Rule. He did not pay us $500 you wished, but only $50, preferring a draft upon Mr. Hood for the residue. For some months I have been much occupied in attending to my mother, who was buried last Monday. I expect Mr. Keyte in ten days, have received about $7000 of goods, the greater part of which are yet unopened for want of invoices and the illness of Mr. Campbell who is visited with consumption. Mrs. Keyte’s little daughter is very ill and fears she will lose it; Letter signed John Graves, Chariton, to H. R. Gamble, dated January 4, 1831. Concerning the business between me and Colonel J. O’Fallon; Letter signed John Graves, to H. R. Gamble, dated March 1, 1831. I enclose you the written demand against Colonel John O’Fallon for General Ashley’s obligation; Letter signed John Graves, to Colonel John O’Fallon, dated March 1, 1831. You will deliver to Hamilton R. Gamble the bond or obligation from General William H. Ashley to William Stokes for $500 which you, as executor of said Stokes, transferred to me June 25, 1825., 1825-1831

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825-1831

Letter signed John Hall, Pendleton, South Carolina, to Hamilton Gamble. Dr. John Findley informs me estate of Major Berry was insolvent. If Colonel Strother refused to pay please institute a suite against him. I believe him, however, too much of a man of honor to allow it to go to court. Individuals mentioned include Dr. John Findley, Major Berry and Colonel Strother. Places mentioned include Herculaneum., 1825 July 14

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 July 14

Letter signed John Miller, St. Louis, to Colonel Moses D. Bates, Ralls County, Missouri. Governor Bates died on August 4, and you, no doubt, will have heard of it before this reaches you. Requesting your support in my candidacy for the Governorship for the residue of the Bates term. (2 pages) [Typed copy included], 1825 Aug 10

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 Aug 10

Letter signed T. Mosely Junior, Frederick Town, Madison County, Missouri, to H.R. Gamble, St. Charles, Missouri. Recommending Caleb Cox for Judge of the Probate Court of Madison County, and soliciting his interposition for him. Individuals mentioned include Thomas Cooper, Caleb Cox and Mr. Williams. Places mentioned include Kentucky. (3 pages), 1825 Oct 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers consist of deeds, early land grants, surveys, a St. Louis court docket book (1816-1833), bills of sale, legal papers regarding land ownership and business agreements, letters pertaining to causes of the Civil War, letters regarding the raising of a state militia, correspondence with political and military leaders, account books and receipts. Papers pertaining to land cases include deeds from French and Spanish ownership...
Dates: 1825 Oct 2