Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter of N.J. Eaton and Elizabeth N.J.? to F. Kennett regarding Gen. Taylor. “I am not as warmly interested in seeing him elected Pres. as I did…I have so good an opinion of his character and ability that I will probably vote for him in spite of his bad grammar. I am against a military man as I feel that our democracy may someday be jeopardized by the precedent of electing military chieftains to the presidency. I do not return to you Gen. Taylor’s letters but I preserve them and you may have them at any time.”, 1847 Sept 12?
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:
1847 Sept 12?