Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed John W. Foster, Cairo, Ill., to Chauncey I. Filley, St. Louis. Since leaving home I have a dispatch from Secy. Robson saying he had ordered a naval vessel to meet me at New Orleans to take me direct to Vera Cruz, so I am not in a hurry and will go through on the Robert Mitchell – and will sail from N. Orleans about the 20th., 1873 May 10
Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers consist mainly of correspondence of Oliver D. and Giles F. Filley to their family in Connecticut, relating to early ventures in the tin and stove manufacturing business. Giles F. Filley's firm, the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, made the famous "Charter Oak" cooking stove. Also includes records pertaining to affairs and public service of Chauncey Ives Filley. These include Chauncey I. Filley's letterbook, 1862, containing only two letters, one of which discusses railway routes...
Dates:
1873 May 10