Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed F. Kennett, Camp Barrita, to wife Julia, care Jno. Dougherty, St. Louis. Regarding illness of your parents. Should anything happen to him in my absence I shall never forgive myself for leaving home, for although I felt in honor bound to come to this country with the Regt. I know I did so contrary to his wishes., 1846 Aug 2
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection comprises papers of the Kennett and Frost families, including notes and receipts of the Kennett, White and Company, circa 1840; letters of D.M. Frost to his wife from Texas in 1852 regarding Indian wars and letters dated 1856 regarding the Sioux War; diary of Edwin Harrison, 1858, which concerns the social life of St. Louis; and Civil War letters of Ferdinand Kennett, Jr. (Confederate) to his parents, 1864. (The Kennett family left Selma Hall and moved to St. Louis during...
Dates:
1846 Aug 2