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Contains 93 Results:

Letter signed James Eakin, act. audr., Treasury Department, to Thomas Forsyth, St. Louis. A balance has been found against you of $1,001.54. This agrees with your statement with the exception of $1000 advanced you for annuities for the present year, the payment of which to the Indians you have not yet shown., 1822 Aug 19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1822 Aug 19

Document signed George Davenport, M. Marston. Bond with Thomas Forsyth for trading with the Indians., 1822 Sept 28

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1822 Sept 28

Letter signed Wm. Lee [William Lee], Treasury Dept., to Thomas Forsyth, Indian agent, St. Louis. The receipt of Genl. Clark for $1.54 over to him, and which accompanied your letter and the certificate of the payment by you of the annuity for the present year of the Sauk and Fox Indians, have both been credited to you, and your accounts are now closed in the books of this office., 1822 Nov 9

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1822 Nov 9

Reference correspondence of the Missouri Historical Society regarding the Tesson family., 1923-1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1923-1941

Correspondence of the Missouri Historical Society, mostly with Mrs. Louise Grant Tesson, regarding donations., 1950-1958, no date

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1950-1958, no date

Typescript copies of notes of Mrs. Coralie Polkowski (nee Tesson) regarding the Tesson family genealogy., 1875, 1897

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1875, 1897

Handwritten blank certificate: "I ____________ Keeper of the Register of Baptisms administered by the Roman Catholic Church within and for the parish of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, which Register is required by the ordinances of the said Roman Catholic Church to be kept in every parish, do hereby certify that the foregoing four extracts are truly transcribed from the said Baptismal Register. . . .", 1849 June

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1849 June

Photocopy of newspaper clipping titled "Visitation Rally Opens at Cabanne," regarding Visitation Academy reunion., 1904

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1904

Newspaper clipping titled "Their Ten Children at Their Golden Wedding," regarding Mr. and Mrs. Marshal P. Sanguinet, 4043 Page Blvd., 1905 May 9

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1905 May 9

St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper clipping titled "Miss Julia Cabanne Will Present Bell to the Battleship Missouri Next Week.", 1905 May 25

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and...
Dates: 1905 May 25