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Box 2

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Contains 1 Result:

Emancipation certificates issued by Radical Emancipationists, all witnessed and acknowledged before Ben. Emmons, Circuit Clerk. Includes 1938 correspondence of Ben L. Emmons with Missouri Historical Society and newspaper clippings regarding records. Individuals mentioned: Jonas M. Tebbetts, D. Heald, George Dyer, Gustave Bruere, John U. Gaty, Dan L. Griffith, Raphael Denny, Samuel Philips, Joseph C. Goodrich, Ann B. Powell, Reuben G. Ross, and Ann M. Ross., 1863-1864

 Item — Box: 2
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: 1863-1864