Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed S. Mason, Grafton, to My Dear Sister. We are very quiet here, but as military movements are the fashion our people are forming a company for home guard. Our squire has been elected Capt. But I see he leaves all the drilling to his Lts. Hoping for some of the family to visit. Appended letter to Maria asking her to visit, also to bring some stockings for the girls., 1861 June 3
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:
1861 June 3