Box 1
Container
Contains 58 Results:
Letter signed Caleb Cox, St. Louis, to Louisa Heins, New Orleans. 4pp. Photostat. Has received her letter of the 29th, bringing him much relief; she asked where she should reside until his return to New Orleans., 1820 Feb 1
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1820 Feb 1
Letter signed Ann B. Cox, New Orleans, to Louisa Cox, St. Louis. 4 pp. Original. Tells of fires breaking out in New Orleans; blames pirates; reports on recent marriages and deaths among Louisa’s acquaintances. [Ann Cox was the wife of Caleb’s brother, Nathaniel.], 1819 [1820] May 1
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1819 [1820] May 1
Letter signed Ellen Cox, New Orleans, to Louisa Cox, St. Louis. 3 pp. Original. Tells of mutual friends and urges Louisa to encourage her sister to visit Mrs. Moses Cox. [Ellen Cox was the wife of Caleb’s brother, Moses.], 1820 May 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1820 May 3
Letter signed Ellen Cox, New Orleans, to Louisa Cox, St. Louis. 3 pp. Original. Tells of friends; a fire at Col. Thomas’s home and his narrow escape; Louisa’s sister talks of returning to St. Louis with Louisa and Caleb if they come to visit in New Orleans this fall., 1820 June 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1820 June 17
Correspondence, 1824; 1848-1849; 1851-1852
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1818-1940
Letter signed Isabella[?], Lexington, [Kentucky], to Julia Louisa Shaumburgh, New Orleans. 4 pp. Original fragment [2021-052]. Talks of having her likeness done; friends from Kentucky visiting New Orleans; news of friends; also includes notes written by Ann H. [Taylor], “AJB,” and “B.”, 1824 Apr 22
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1824 Apr 22
Letter signed Starlight [Philip A. Shaw], “Golden Palace, Star Venus,” to Amelia Cox, Fredericktown, Mo. 4 pp. Original and transcript [2021-052]. Love letter written by Shaw, age thirty-one, to the daughter of Caleb and Louisa Cox, age seventeen. [Lives and Letters, pp. 13-15.] , 1848 Apr 1
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1848 Apr 1
Letter signed Henry Cox, Fort Laramie, to “Dearest Mother” [Louisa C. Cox], Fredericktown, Mo. 4 pp. Photostat. Tells of the journey driving an ox wagon across the plains; describes Fort Kearney, crossing the Platte River, Ash Hollow, Scotts Bluffs; the party took seven buffalo in an impromptu hunt; the party has had no accidents; he has used his mother’s green salve and charcoal remedies; directs her to send Missouri newspapers and mail to his final destination. [Lives and Letters, pp. 16-18.], 1849 June 15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1849 June 15
Letter signed Louisa Cox, Fredericktown, Mo., to Elizabeth A. Noell, New Orleans. 3 pp. Original [2021-052]. Elizabeth was Louisa’s oldest daughter and a widow. Reports the death of Evanste Pratte, brother-in-law of sister, Cora Pratte; Cora and husband Francis Pratte will be in Fredericktown and then go to the Valle mines where Francis has a position; Amanda Cooper married Charly Davis with many hard feelings for both families; brother Henry Cox is part of a company planning to travel to California, and he is treasurer; tells her that should she remarry to find “a man of business habit, with a good moral character.” [Partial transcription in Lives and Letters, pp. 15-16.], 1849 Feb 15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1849 Feb 15
Letter signed Mary Cox, Fredericktown, Mo., to Amelia Shaw, New Orleans. 4 pp. Original [2021-052]. Laments their plans not to visit Missouri in the summer; tells of people coming to Fredericktown from Ste. Genevieve due to cholera, saying “…none of them will go to Mrs. Gabriell’s for…they would be eat up by bed bugs;” Black Mary, presumably one of the Cox family’s slaves, sends her regards; mentions that Mrs. Mary Ann Harris of Independence and Louisa Pomroy both died of cholera; includes a note from their mother, Louisa Cox, sending kisses to her grandchildren., 1851 July 29
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
...
Dates:
1851 July 29