Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed L.M.K. to brother Ferdinand. Asking if Agnes and the baby, who is not well, may come to stay with you for a week or so for a change of air. I hesitate to ask because of Julia’s recent confinement. Drs. Clark and McDowell have just had a consultation over condition of my child, and they are fearful of inflammation of the brain. Have blistered him on the back and given him a mustard foot bath from which they anticipate a good result., 1854 May 4
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:
1854 May 4