Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed William Russell, St. Louis, to George T.M. Davis. Prefer to let sawmill property stand unsold than to run risk by selling on credit. I have just $500. State Scrip…if you want it, and the time not too long, you shall have it on terms you name…hereafter received from the bank any thing but specie to redeem my liens on Charles of Beal Howard – I won’t take the notes of the bank…In my foreclosed mortgages against H. Hawley & against Robt. Smith, exact specie absolutely – not bank notes of any sort, or at any price. Discussion of land sales., 1841 Mar 31
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Contains two volumes of records of Alton, Illinois, law firm of Davis and Krum: attorney's record of legal claims, suits filed, judgments and dispositions made in southern Illinois courts, terms of April 1839-October 1845; and letterbook, 1834-1837. In addition, the papers contain legal correspondence of George T.M. Davis, attorney while in Alton, and the firm of Davis and Krum also in Alton. Includes letters from many St. Louis firms and individuals discussing political matters and several...
Dates:
1841 Mar 31