Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Latty to Kennett. Do what you think about Sam’s actions. Our engineers have gone to war. I think all stock had best be sold off the place next summer and not attempt to do any farming as it won’t pay to hire men to farm here. What is White’s object in going to California? His mother will have to make another draw on her banker before six months for money to get her dear boy back again., 1862 Sept 20
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 20