Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Correspondence with business of Selma, or Kennett Castle; after 1861 the letters relate to leasing parts of the plantation. Individuals mentioned: Col. Ferdinand Kennett, Julia Kennett, Anna K. Farrar, James White Kennett, Prescott, Dr. Evans, Steamboat Perry, J.D. Cox, Luther M. Kennett, Moses F. White, Chadbourne & Forster, Joseph Sanguinet, J. Hardeman Cordell, William S. Boyce, Samuel S. Boyce, and Stephen Hug. Places mentioned: Shibboleth, Mo.; Plattin Farm; Pevely, Mo.; Jefferson County; and Shot tower., 1853 May 12-1868 Oct 14
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:
1853 May 12-1868 Oct 14