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Box 3

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Letter signed S.M. Simonds, St. Louis, to Agnes [Brent]. Chatter. Although Ellen is not a French cook she does better than when she first came. The first turkey she stuffed she stuffed only the craw…that’s the solemn truth and though I don’t take much stock in Yankees I don’t (believe) Ellen’s assertion that that is the way they do it in the East., 1887 Feb 15

 Item — Box: 3
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: 1887 Feb 15