Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Photocopy of letter signed Lewis C. Patton, Fayette, Mo., to father, Weston, Mo. Although California has no allurements for you and the bright metal itself affords not even a temptation, and that you disapprove my entering such a speculation, yet it is consoling that you have not condemned my alternative. I now say that the object of my choice is not a beauty, but I consider [her] a fine little girl and my junior about eight years. She is Caroline Heywood of Ohio. (acc. no. 70-0017), 1849 Feb 17
Item — Box: 2
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:
1849 Feb 17