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Box 2

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Contains 1 Result:

Telegraph of Gilbert A. Daign, Baton Rouge, to Frank von Phul. Dispatch of 28th received. We hope you will decide to stay longer after you get answer from your father. Do not go to St. Louis., 1861 June 18

 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 18