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Box 2

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Letter signed M.M. Mason, Edwardsville, to My Dear Brother [Henry von Phul], St. Louis. I have been unwell. Note appended by daughter, M.M. Mason: Sunday Mamma was taken by a hard chill and has not left her beck. She wants Mr. Hunt to send all her letters up here; she thinks there must be one from Mason., 1834 Aug 15-19

 Item — Box: 2
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: 1834 Aug 15-19