Box 1
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Contains 1 Result:
Contract for first jail in St. Charles. Agreement between Francois Duquette of the Village of Saint Charles and Jonathan Woods, Robert Spencer, and James Flaherty, Justices of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the District of Saint Charles. Duquette lets and demises for a county jail the building, his property, formerly used as a windmill. The consideration is the annual sum of sixty dollars in peltry. Such use may continue as long as the Justices think advisable. If iron bars are installed, when the building is returned to him, Duquette may retain them at cost. Damage to the building to be paid by the District, normal wear and tear excepted., 1804
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of materials related to the history of St. Charles, Missouri, and spans the lives of three generations of the Benjamin Emmons family. Persons involved in the early transactions include Edward Bates, Frederick Bates, Charles Dehault Delassus, John C. Edwards, Archibald Gamble, Hamilton Gamble, J. Mackay, William G. Pettus, Amos Stoddard, and Zenon Trudeau. Manuscripts include St. Charles land documents from the French and Spanish periods, including Zenon Trudeau's...
Dates:
1804