Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed John Latty, Shibboleth, to Kennett. Sam, man enslaved to Col. Kennett estate, has not been seen here since Sunday and the presumption is that he has gone into some camp of Federal soldiers in this vicinity. I conclude this from the fact that others have done so. We are getting very little mineral, nearly all mines have gone into Federal or state service. We intend to smelt next month., 1862 Sept 9
Item — Box: 2
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:
1862 Sept 9