Box 1
Container
Contains 93 Results:
Page of handwritten genealogical notes regarding the family of Nicholas Jarrot (died 1821)., No date
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:
No date
Page of handwritten genealogical notes listing marriages (1867-1892) and deaths (1875-1933), mostly relating to the Tillman family., No date
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:
No date
Two pages of handwritten notes regarding historic coins. Verso of pages includes note regarding Sevres china cup and saucer presented to E.S. Polkowski., No date
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:
No date
Typescript page of two Tesson family marriage records extracted from Cahokia Church register and references to documents extracted from church records of Ste. Anne de Fort Chartres., No date
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:
No date
Clipping from unidentified newspaper: "Mrs. Geo. Kennerly [George Kennerly] is visiting at Ste. Genevieve. The house where she is at present has an interesting history. It was built by St. James Beauvais, the grandfather of L.V. Bogy and Amadee Valle, and has been occupied for four generations. She has recently eaten fruit from a pear tree that was planted 100 years ago.", No date
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:
No date
Page of typescript notes titled "Carondelet Property.", No date
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:
No date
Clipping with photograph of Charles van Ravenswaay cooking., No date
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:
No date
Envelope addressed to Mr. Edward Tesson, Sunny Point, care of Mrs. Renouard., No date
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:
No date
Will of Francois Baroussel copied by E.P. Tesson. (in French, 3 pages; two copies of typescript translation, each 2 pages), 1797 July 31
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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:
1797 July 31
Letter signed Alexdr. McKenzie [Alexander McKenzie], River Raisin, to Thomas Forsyth, Malden. Requesting items to be sent to him., 1797 Dec 22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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:
1797 Dec 22