Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Thos. F. Drayton, San Antonio, to Lt. W. Van Phul, Houston. Had your letter reached me in due course of the mail I could have made your brother one of my aids. When your letter arrived, I had already filled up the vacancies in my personal staff. I go tomorrow to the lower valley of the Rio Grande and will not return for 3 or 4 weeks. It is not improbable that I shall in obedience to Genl. Magruder’s orders make my headquarters in Houston. (Gift of John Richardson Thomas and Henry von Phul Thomas, January 1954), 1864 Aug 22
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.
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Dates:
1864 Aug 22