Box 1
Container
Contains 53 Results:
Typescript by Austin A. Owen titled “Captain Austin A. Owen,” which contains his reminiscences of his experiences as a steamboat officer, including an account of the sinking of the steamboat Wyandotte, which hit a snag on the Mississippi River above Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1848. Mentions the following steamboat officers: Thos. Scott, Mont Douglas, Jos. Monti, William Lovejoy, James G. Owen, Isaac Fulkerson, Chas. Labarge, Jerry Millington, William Vanhorne, Capt. Pat Yore, Capt. James Henderson, Wm. Cable, Wm. Hamilton, Wm. Brandon, George Stanley, Capt. Brandenburgh, Capt. Broadwell, and Capt. John Bofinger. Others mentioned are Norman Cutter, Rev. Linn, and Capt. Nelson of the Eads & Nelson Wrecking Co. Also mentions the steamboats Fayaway, Governor Bent, Union, and Atlantic. (4 pages), ca. 1900
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: D00652
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
ca. 1900
Letter signed Phoebe W. Couzins, Louisiana, Missouri, to Thomas B. Reed, New York. Requests Mr. Reed to look up a probate administration, and discusses the history of the Tully and Weston families. Encloses copies of will and estate of Bartholomew Tully. (Bartholomew Tully married Frances Weston, who was the oldest sister of Phoebe Couzins’ mother, Adaline.) Letter mentions Samuel Weston, Margaret Tully, and Agnes Tully. (8 pages), 1900 May 28
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: D00653
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1900 May 28
Pamphlet titled “Is America Again a Vassal of England?” by Phoebe W. Couzins. (29 pages) (2 copies), 1900 May 30
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: D00639
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1900 May 30
Typescript copy of a newspaper article in The Kansas City Journal titled “Miss Couzins Talks. Fills Dr. Roberts’ Place at Church of This World. Her Theme: Building the Temple--Fine Flowers and Animals Cultivated, but No Prizes for Fine Human Beings.” (5 pages), 1902 Feb 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1902 Feb 17
Typescript copy of a newspaper article in The Kansas City Times titled “Phoebe Couzins’ Address. The Noted St. Louis Woman Occupied Dr. Roberts’s Pulpit Yesterday.” (3 pages), 1902 Feb 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: D00655
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1902 Feb 17
Typescript letter signed W.S. Chaplin, chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis, to Miss Phoebe Couzins, St. Louis. Contains the text of the resolution passed by the Washington University board of directors in 1868, stating that law school applicants should not be refused admission based on their sex. Verso contains newspaper clipping titled “Miss Couzins’ Comment. She Points Out the Difference at the White House ‘Then and Now,’” dated March 18, 1893. (2 pages), 1902 Nov 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: D00656
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1902 Nov 17
Letter signed C.S. Broadhead, 3333 Lafayette Ave., St. Louis, to Miss Couzins. Discusses the work of the Committee of Safety in St. Louis during the Civil War, of which their fathers, James O. Broadhead and J.E.D. Couzins, were members. (5 pages), 1905 Jan 12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: D00657
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1905 Jan 12
Typescript letter signed Phoebe W. Couzins, Washington, D.C., to Governor Herbert Hadley, Jefferson City, Missouri. (Letter written on illustrated stationery of the Riggs House.) Recounts the role her father, J.E.D. Couzins, played in the Committee of Public Safety and in creating the state seal and press during the Civil War. (6 pages) (includes typescript copy and typescript copy of note of Hamilton Gamble to J.E.D. Couzins, dated August 16, 1861), 1909 Feb 21
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: D00658
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1909 Feb 21
Typescript letter signed F.M. Rumbold, Missouri adjutant general, Jefferson City, to Miss Phoebe W. Couzins. Encloses her father’s certificate of service. (1 page), 1910 Dec 15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: D00659
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1910 Dec 15
Certificate of the Missouri adjutant general’s office, Jefferson City, stating that J.E.D. Couzins was commissioned on October 10, 1862, as major in the St. Louis Police Battalion, Enrolled Missouri Militia, for three years. (1 page), 1910 Dec 15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: D00660
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family...
Dates:
1910 Dec 15