Box 1
Contains 118 Results:
Petition signed by inhabitants of St. Louis addressed to the Court of Common Pleas of the District of St. Louis requesting that St. Louis be permitted to incorporate. Individuals mentioned: Pierre Chouteau, Sanguinet, and Labbadie, etc. [Original petition and photostat of original size filed in Oversize.], 1808 July 5
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Minutes of Board of Trustees for Town of St. Louis. Committee appointed to prepare an ordinance for prevention of fire in St. Louis. Individuals mentioned: E. Hempstead, Bernard Pratte, Auguste Chouteau, and Pierre Chouteau., 1808 Aug 10-11
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Note of D. Delaunay. Promissory note to John Hankinson, $310.21, payable after date., 1809 Nov 8
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Bill of Board of Trustees, City of St. Louis, to Joseph V. Garnier for Translation of Ordinances, signed by Auguste Chouteau, Will C. Carr, Edward Hempstead, and Cabanne., 1810 Apr 5
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Letter signed John Sparkes, St. Louis, to Simeon R. Jones, New York Town, New York State. Tells of the early history of St. Louis and its inhabitants. Individuals mentioned: Simion, Fanny, Mr. Alexander, Captain Cross, Maddison, General Clark, Governor Howard, Wm. Smith, Dr. Squires, Elijah Smith, James Mitchel, John Addams, Fanny, Mary, William, Little John, Mr. Church, Mr. Patterson, Hopkins, James and Nathaniel Raymond, Rufus Smith, and Mayer Christy. Native Americans mentioned: Sack Nation, Kickapoos, Delawares, Foxes, and Arkansaw. Places mentioned: Turkeyhill, Illinois Territory, Mississippi River, Bellefountaine, Lake Erie, Allegany, Pittsburg, Ohio, Shawney Town, Missouri, Washington, Anandago Tennessee, New York State, Albany, Troy, and Philadelphia., 1812 July 24
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Document signed Wm. Christy, Will C. Carr [and many St. Louis citizens], St. Louis. Resolutions that the town of St. Louis ought to be fortified., 1813 Feb 15
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Typed copies of articles in Missouri Gazette and Missouri Republican of riots in St. Louis in 1817, 1822, 1844, and 1877. [1822 and 1877 missing], 1817-1877
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Document signed George Morton. Memo of progress of buildings [churches, houses, Jefferson Barracks, etc.] in St. Louis within 1818-1827., 1818-1827
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Letter signed Dr. Pryor Quarles, St. Louis, to Dabney Minor, near Charlottesville, Va. Two million acres of land to be offered for sale here next fall [probably September] on either side of the river and I recommend that you locate here instead of Alabama or any other part of the United States. Discussion of farming conditions, wheat, and flour which sells for $1 and $10 a barrel. I have sold out my drug and medical store and shall commence farming this fall. Population increase in Howard County, from 300 of three years ago, but by a late census it now contains upward of 7000., 1818 May 28
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.
Copy of letter signed Jas. Noble, St. Louis, to Nehemiah Noble. Describes journey to St. Louis from Vermont. Passed through Louisville, Vincennes, Shawnee-town, and Kaskaskia. Gives rates of his board. I have not yet found employment but all our friends make money, have bought land and none wish to return. Individuals mentioned: Esquire Enos, Mr. Paddock, Sprout, Peres, and Mr. Beauchamp. Places mentioned: Scioto, Big Bonelick, Saratoga, Evansville, Wabash, Mount Carmel, White, Patoka River, Fort Harrison, Mississippi, Illinois, U.S., and Saline. [Original in possession of C.C. Wagner, April 1946.], 1818 Sep 12
Collection of material pertaining to the history of the city of St. Louis. Includes original documents and letters and numerous articles and newsclippings referring to various aspects of life in St. Louis.