Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed W.B. Napton, Jefferson City, to Kennett. Politics; mention of Douglas, my views about him; present political position of Missouri; post at Washington, the labors are great, the compensation not proportionate. An offer of a post in the Cabinet would be gratifying to me and I will accept it, at least temporarily., 1857 Jan 24
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:
1857 Jan 24