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Letter signed S. Mason to Henry von Phul, St. Louis. Expressing sympathy to my dear sister [Rosalie]. I think [a visit with us] would benefit both her and darling Maria. Mr. M. is limping about the house and is using the cold bath to his knee., [1824?] June 5

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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: [1824?] June 5