Box 1
Contains 118 Results:
Document of Jas. Kennerly, St. Louis, to R. Wash. Certification that an election was held December 20, 1821, to elect five Trustees for the town. Those chosen were Thomas McKnight, Thomas McGuire, Charles Boseron, Horatio Cozens, and John L. Sutton., 1821 Dec 22
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 John K. Walker, St. Louis. Appointment of Edmund F. Brown as Deputy Sheriff of St. Louis County., 1822 Aug 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.
Photocopies of original certificate attesting to original plat of town of St. Louis as drawn by Auguste Chouteau in 1764. [In French and with English translation], 1825
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.
An Act supplementary to an Act entitled An Act to Incorporate the Inhabitants of the Town of St. Louis. Individuals mentioned: Frederick Bates, H.S. Geyer, A.J. Williams, and Hamilton R. Gamble. Places mentioned: Missouri and St. Louis County., 1825 Feb 19
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.
"St. Louis Important Events" recounted by Auguste Chouteau. Original in Hunt's Minutes, Vol. l, page 107., 1825 Apr 18
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.
A bill to provide for erecting a hospital in St. Louis giving gratuitous reception and accommodation to the sick and needy. Bill introduced by the Hon. William Carr Lane. Independently postponed after being presented at two court terms. Individuals mentioned: Messrs. Burckhartt, Bollinger, Allen, Read, Thornton, Grant, and Bruer. [Gift of William Glasgow, Jr., May, 1881.], 1826
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.
Petition for erection of a Poor House in St. Louis., 1826 Nov
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 L.M. Nute, St. Louis, to Father, Jonathan, Milton, N.H. Since I left you I have visited Kentucky and Tennessee. It was here I met the hero of Orleans, Genl. [Andrew] Jackson, and have seen him many times at Nashville. So much has been said of the General, it would be out of place for a young man to comment, but to you I say it is my opinion that the eastern states should close in with the present administration. I later visited Natchez; ascended the Arkansas, about 800 miles, to Cantonement Gibson. I was much pleased with the new country. Noticed the Indian tribes on the River exhibited many marks of civilization. I have been ordered to this city in the recruiting service. Places mentioned: Louisville, Ky., and Ohio., 1828 Feb 14
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.
Receipt of Col. John McNiell, 1st U.S. Infantry, signed by Thomas Biddle, paymaster., 1828 Sep 30
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 E. Brown Hornor, St. Louis, to John S. Halloway, Philadelphia. Mine is said to be the handsomest store in this city of St. Louis, the worst, most dissipated and rascally place that ever a human being set foot in to dwell. They have been upon me for a license as they call it but an oppressive unjust and exhorbitant tax. Suggests a treatment “purgative & vomatif” by a Frenchman named Le Roy as a cure for Halloway’s illness., 1828 Dec 29
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.