Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Sarah, Lexington, to My Dear Henry [von Phul], St. Louis. Frightened because of your description of Native Americans fighting within 30 miles of you; your strawberry socials, other activities there, a very desirable state of society when people can enjoy themselves with so much simplicity and innocence. Money problems, offering a solution, etc., 1814 June 21
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:
1814 June 21