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Box 1

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Contains 53 Results:

Letter signed G.[?] Freeman, New York, to Miss Couzins. Discusses President Taft’s arbitration treaties. (4 pages), 1911 Aug 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: D00661
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: 1911 Aug 20

Pamphlet titled “Project for a Monument to the Women of the Civil War,” published by the Commandery of the State of New York, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Includes address of James M. Beck, formerly assistant attorney general of the United States, titled “The American Women in the Civil War.” (15 pages), 1911 Oct 30

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: D00662
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: 1911 Oct 30

Typescript article with handwritten corrections titled “Phoebe Couzins’ Tribute to Nancy Hanks, the Mother of Abraham Lincoln.” (7 pages), [1918]

 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: [1918]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper clipping titled “Someone Beat Columbus to America, According to Descendant, Duke of Alba.” (1 page), 1924 Nov 16

 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: 1924 Nov 16

Letter signed “Mother” (Alba Stacy Rhodes), Hotel Gibson, 5883 Enright Ave., St. Louis, to Stacy. Briefly discusses Couzins family history, and encloses a Missouri Republican clipping dated May 10, 1878, titled “A St. Louis Lady Abroad,” which reports on a speech given by Miss Phoebe Couzins at Whitewater, Wisconsin. (2 pages), 1930

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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: 1930

Typescript article titled “Christmas in the West,” which recounts the journey of J.E.D. Couzins and Isaac Eaton in 1853, who crossed the frozen Mississippi River to Alton, Illinois, continued on to Dwight and Bloomington, Illinois, in a horse-drawn sleigh, in order to transport the Christmas mail and other materials to and from St. Louis. Mentions the steamboat Altoona. (8 pages), 1934

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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: 1934

Typescript article titled “Lawyers Honor First Woman Graduate of Law School Here,” taken from The Alumni Bulletin of Washington University. (1 page), 1950 July

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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: 1950 July

Typescript notes, presumably written by Addie Couzins Owen, regarding the Hawken rifle and [Adaline Couzins], who resided with Mrs. Hawken in Hillside, St. Louis County, until her death in 1892 at the age of 84. (1 page), No date

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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: No date

Typescript “Pedigree of the Cozens’ Family,” written by Joshua Y. Cozens, late magistrate, Cornwall, Canada West. (1 page), No date

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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: No date

Two transcribed copies by Phoebe W. Couzins of an article written by Joshua Y. Cozens titled “Pedigree of the ‘Cozen,’ otherwise ‘Cousin’ family” (includes additional notes by Phoebe Couzins). (5 pages), No date

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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: No date