Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed John Wentworth, Chicago to B. Emmons. You did great service in putting me in communication with Mr. Heald. Senator Davis’ son-in-law is working on finding descendants of Capt. Wells. When Mr. Heald was here, we learned that the mother of a lawyer here named Wolcott was a daughter of the massacred Capt. Wells by his Indian wife. When Heald was here, he spoke of a history of your county with a picture of his parents. Could you find me a copy with that picture? Jeff Davis was here the same day, but I did not know till later. Our people would have treated him very kindly and his experience in 29/30 would have been very interesting. (includes envelope), 1881 July 3
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:
1881 July 3