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Letter signed S. Mason, Saturday morg., to Dear Brother, [Henry von Phul], St. Louis. Mr. Mason’s health. There must be something worse than we at first apprehended; he cannot bear his leg down at all. Maria’s cough increases but without any alarming symptoms. My love to Rosalie., [1824 June 12?]

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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 12?]