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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Letter signed Alex [Alexander Badger], Ft. Vancouver, W.T. [Washington Territory], to his sister Alice [Alice E. Cayton]. Comments on the fight at Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War. Expresses his opinion that it would be better to let the South go. States, "I feel alarmed for you all because St. Louis is likely to be the scene of much tumult and riot.", 1861 May 5

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: D01800
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection contains material of the St. Louis-based Badger family, including letters of Capt. Alexander Badger, Sr. and Jr.; newsclippings; bonds; steamboat memoranda; a pilot certificate issued to William H. Cable in 1852; envelopes of Wells Fargo and Overland Mail; cards of steamboat Magnolia and a timetable of St. Louis railroads and steamships; material concerning the Badger, Cable and Cayton families; two Missouri defense bonds issued in 186-; and several letters...
Dates: 1861 May 5