Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Series of letters signed R. Graham Frost, Namur [Belgium], to parents Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Frost, St. Louis. Regarding continued efforts to be accepted at Stoneyhurst; plans to visit Mr. DeSmet at Easter; agitation here by the “Roman question,” Father Garesche’s oration on the Pope; change in ministry here which may be of interest to Father DeSmet; method of conscription here, those who can pay 2,000 francs are exempt, those who cannot pay serve 5 years; your news of death of Frank Lamotte; my introduction to a papal Zouave; regarding news of Congress in U.S., which will impeach the President; Mark Twain’s “oration” which gives George Francis Train a hard bit., 1868 Jan-Mar
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:
1868 Jan-Mar