Box 4
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Typed letters signed W.K. Kavanaugh, St. Louis, to Miss T. Graham Frost, Ferguson. Regarding a book prepared by him for his daughter relating incidents such as the duel fought between Gov. B. Gratz Brown and Col. Reynolds with F. Kennett, one of the principal seconds, also the beginning of the lead business and Shot Tower Hill. Photographs. He has old dining room furniture and other pieces from Selma. “I knew your mother and father [Latty K. and R. Graham Frost]. She was married in the bay window overlooking the river. It was in the spring and they had apple blossoms for decorations all over the house and especially in the bay window. It must have been a beautiful sight because she was a beautiful woman.”, 1932 Mar 3
Item — Box: 4
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:
1932 Mar 3