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Box 2

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Letter of [Madame Henri Didot] (typescript) to [Dr. Antoine Saugrain]. Three years without news from you, your wife and children are often in our conversation. We have written to you through the American Legation. I hope our letters reach you. My family consists of one handsome boy 14 years old, good like his father. News of Mrs. Plassan and her children, Madame Guillotin. Chatter about other family members and friends., No date

 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...
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