Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter of [Sarah von Phul Mason] to My Beloved Sister [Maria?], St. Louis. Mentions illnesses; my resignation to die. (Gift of John Richardson Thomas and Henry von Phul Thomas, January 1954), 1820 Apr 30
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 Apr 30