Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed A.M. [Anna Maria von Phul], Lexington, to My Dear Henry [von Phul], St. Louis. Regarding G. & C. Graff’s estate which is worth 30 to 40 thousand dollars; Wm. Henry who sits by me says it is worth at least $60,000., 1819 May 24
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.
The collection also...
Dates:
1819 May 24