Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed S. Mason, Lexington, to My Dear Brother [Henry von Phul], St. Louis. Planning to return to Louisville; report on Maria at school. Tell my friend Mrs. Hough I saw her mother this morning. She is quite well., 1835 Oct 1
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:
1835 Oct 1