Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Benjamin Birge, Lexington, to Miss Maria von Phul, Chaumiere. Sending the effects of your late brother. There was a $10.00 note in your brother’s pocketbook which Mr. Thom retained for the expense of your brother’s funeral. (Gift of John Richardson Thomas and Henry von Phul Thomas, January 1954), 1820 Feb 12
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:
1820 Feb 12