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Box 2

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Typewritten letter (copy) from Ben L. Emmons to M.L. Comann, St. Charles. History of conveyances and donations for construction and operation of two buildings for Methodist Episcopal Church, beginning in 1831 through 1911. Gives legal descriptions of various properties. Emmons notes that he obtained this information from the records of the Emmons Abstract Company. Individuals mentioned: Hon. David Barton, Charles Collier, Catherine Collier, Robert Spencer, Mackey Wherry, Dennis McDonald, Edward C. Cunningham, Danl. A. Griffith, James T. Sandford, John Orrick, Norman Lackland, Benj. A. Alderson, Charles H. Broadwater, Thomas W. Cunningham, H.B. Evans, O.M. Gray, S.H. Wright, O.P. Reinhart, R.H. Dunlap, Edward Jefferson, Elick Vaughn, and Louis Jackson. (3 pages), 1939 Feb 21

 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: 1939 Feb 21