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Box 2

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Letter signed S. Mason, Philadelphia, to My Dear Sister [Mrs. Von Phul], St. Louis. Gifts we are sending you, description, etc. Julia tells me Maria has returned to the convent., 1837 Oct 14

 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: 1837 Oct 14