Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed N.J. Eaton, Pittsburgh, to F. Kennett. “Speaking of ‘Battle murder and sudden death’ with a more particular reference to things in Mexico, was it not lofty and chivalrous in Gen. Shields to add his forces to those of Gen. Smith, and still decline the command, to which his rank entitled him so that Smith might reap the laurels which his plans were bound to yield? Really, a man cannot help standing a little straighter when he thinks of it. That act has elected Shields in my opinion infinitely more than his reckless daring at Cerro Gordo.”, 1847 Oct 8
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 Oct 8