Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed John Ward, Chihuahua, to Lemon Parker, Galena. In the two weeks I have been here I have had hard dragging to keep my own, owing to enormous duties. The people here are rather hostile, disposed toward traders. From this out I spare no pains to make money., 1830 Dec 3
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains family and business papers, estate papers, passports, and deeds of the families of Lemon Parker, William Russell, and James Russell (St. Louis, Washington County, and Franklin County, Mo.). Included are a travel journal of Lemon Parker, Sr.; land records from Howard County, Mo.; records relating to the firm of Ward & Parker and to the Galena Mining Company; and reminiscences of Anne Clendennin Russell (wife of Silas Bent Russell, son of Russella Russell Parker’s...
Dates:
1830 Dec 3