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Letter signed Mary Beck, Lexington, to Dear Sir [Henry von Phul], St. Louis. Your favour came just in time to procure materials to repair the breaches made in my unlucky boxes. I have requested Maria to send them back by return carriage if she finds them too much injured to be recovered without considerable trouble., 1821 Sept 20

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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: 1821 Sept 20