Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Sarah Jordan, Lexington, to My Dear Henry [von Phul], St. Louis. Ben Keiser is going to your place with an intent of settling there. A Mr. Lucas passed through L. some weeks ago. It is a satisfaction [to hear from him] that you are in a fair way of being independent. Maria and I find our incomes so limited that we are desirous of increasing it., 1817 Jan 5
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:
1817 Jan 5