Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed M. von Phul, Lexington, to Dear Henry [von Phul], St. Louis. Lexington is full of soldiers. Nat Hart has raised a most respectable corps of volunteers to go to Vincennes. We have not heard from Gr. for some weeks. Philip and George are at sea., 1812 May 18
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains family correspondence, mainly letters of Anna Maria von Phul, Sarah von Phul (Jordan) Mason, and Graff von Phul to Henry von Phul in St. Louis. The letters mention family news, Anna Maria von Phul’s artwork, soldiers in Lexington just prior to the War of 1812, Henry's business affairs, an 1819 flooding in St. Louis from Chouteau's Pond when the dam gave way, the murder of Elijah Lovejoy, and the Civil War.
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Dates:
1812 May 18