Box 1
Container
Contains 52 Results:
Envelope of the Missouri Senate chamber., No date
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
No date
Typescript extracts from the Missouri Intelligencer regarding Santa Fe, Colonel Matthew Lyon, Indian hostilities, Comanche Indians, John McKnight, Union mission, and Osage mission. (7 pages), 1822-1824
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1822-1824
Typescript copies of letters between Mrs. Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood, and Augusta L.F. Davis, secretary of the Society for Correspondence, Ipswich Female Seminary (Ipswich, Massachusetts). Mrs. Lockwood’s husband, Jesse Lockwood, was appointed missionary to the western Cherokees in 1833. Includes a description of her journey to the Cherokee country west of the Mississippi River, an account of Dwight Mission (Arkansas), where she spent two years, and a brief biographical sketch of Jesse Lockwood. Also includes calling card of Grant Foreman. (47 pages) (gift of Grant Foreman), 1833-1834
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1833-1834
Typescript copy of Letters from Arkansas, written by Dr. George Engelmann and translated by Wislizenus. The two letters, one written from Plotts Farm and the other from Stacy's Farm, where Engelmann stayed on his way to Little Rock, include descriptions of the land, minerals, and vegetation and the families with whom he stayed. (30 pages), 1837 Mar 15-21
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1837 Mar 15-21
Typescript excerpts from the Missouri Republican, compiled by Albert Watkins, and published in the Publications of the Nebraska State Historical Society, volume 20 (1922). Includes excerpts related to smallpox among the Indians; Mormons; death of William Clark; Oregon; California; Utah; Forts Oregon, Kearny, and Laramie; and steamboats. (112 pages), 1838-1858
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1838-1858
Letter signed R. Rowland [Richard Rowland], Jefferson City, to his sister Mary Ann Rowland, Kegworth, near Derby, England, giving impressions of the Americans, balls, church, steamboats, and farming (3 pages). Also includes typescript copy of letter (4 pages) and letter of presentation signed M.A.B. Linden, daughter of Richard Rowland, to Miss Drumm, [Missouri Historical Society], dated February 27, 1924. (5 pages) (3 items), 1840 Nov 25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1840 Nov 25
Letter signed R. Rowland [Richard Rowland], St. Louis, to his sister Mary Ann Rowland, Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, describing his journey west to the mountains, traveling 15-25 miles a day on mules and horses (3 pages). Also includes typescript copy of letter (5 pages) and letter of presentation signed M.A.B. Linden, daughter of Richard Rowland, to Miss Drumm, [Missouri Historical Society], dated January 31, 1924. (6 pages) (3 items), 1844 Jan 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1844 Jan 9
Letter signed R. Rowland [Richard Rowland], St. Louis, to his sister Mary Ann Rowland, Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, regarding the death of their mother. (3 pages), 1844 Apr 12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1844 Apr 12
Letter signed R. Rowland [Richard Rowland], New York, to his sister Mary Ann Rowland, Bristol, mostly dealing with his opinions on churches and preaching. (3 pages), 1846 Sept 30
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1846 Sept 30
Letter signed John C. Calhoun, Washington, to Fernando Kennett, about his son, John C. Calhoun, Jr., explaining that he went to St. Louis to join a company going to the Rocky Mountains and asking Kennett to aid his son while in St. Louis. Also includes engraved portrait of Calhoun. (2 items), 1846 Feb 21
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Western Travel 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 collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1846 Feb 21