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Letter signed Gr. von Phul, Lexington, to Dear Henry [von Phul], St. Louis. Sarah received your letter from St. Louis. We had been anxious to know how you had got on by land. Business affairs., 1814 Dec 2

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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. The collection also...
Dates: 1814 Dec 2