Box 2
Contains 146 Results:
Letter of B.H. Randolph, St. Louis, to Coffin & Weld. Regarding draft for purchase of gunny sacks by Mr. Weld. By his advice I hope to purchase a few more the same way. Our mills are beginning to fill up with wheat now and soon we shall have more flour to forward. Will soon ship 300 to 500 barrels of flour depending on depth of water in channel which may not allow any more loading at present. Places mentioned: New Orleans. [Bought of Symmachus Trading Co., Boston, Mass., March 1942.], 1849 Feb 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.
Letter of B.H. Randolph, St. Louis, to Coffin & Weld. Send bill of lading for flour – all that could be shipped at the present stage of the water. The weather at present is very mild and has caused a thaw and there is a prospect of a rise in our river. Flour is in good demand here at present but shall ship again in a few days as stock accumulates rapidly when the mills are running steadily. Individuals mentioned: O’Fallon. Places mentioned: New Orleans and Boston., 1849 Feb 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.
Letter of B.H. Randolph, St. Louis, to Coffin & Weld. Sent 1000 barrels of flour to J.D. Wilson with orders to forward to you if it does not meet good market in New Orleans. Weather wet and rainy but shall soon look for considerable arrivals of wheat by upper river when I shall make frequent shipments of flour for mill account. Places mentioned: Boston. [Bought of Symmachus Trading Co., Boston, Mass., March 1942.], 1849 Mar 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 of B.H. Randolph, St. Louis, to Coffin & Weld. Please take out insurance for flour shipped from Quincy, Illinois, to New Orleans. I bought whatever flour was there and will advise you later of the exact number of barrels. The river is now very high indeed and the insurance will probably be only 1% to New Orleans. Bought up 10,000 more gunny sacks at 10 cents and have about all that are on the market. Individuals mentioned: Mr. Weld., 1849 Mar 10
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 of B.H. Randolph, St. Louis, to Coffin & Weld. Regarding draft sold to Jno. Simond for $2000. Expect Mr. Weld in a few days and hope to make arrangements for future operations. [Bought of Symmachus Trading Co., Boston, Mass., March 1942.], 1849 Mar 31
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 D.D. Mitchell, Willard’s, Washington, D.C., to Wm. B. Preston, Secy. of Navy. Makes application for appointment of Luther M. Kennett, Junior as Midshipman, U.S. Navy. You will find him highly intelligent and embracing all the qualifications contemplated by law. [Purchased from Dr. E. Lee Dorsett, May 1942.], 1849 Mar 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.
Letter of B.H. Randolph, St. Louis, to Coffin & Weld. Regarding shipments of flour and drafts drawn. We have two lots of flour waiting shipment as soon as the weather will permit. Individuals mentioned: Mr. Weld, J. Simonds, and J.D. Wilson., 1849 Apr 9
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 of B.H. Randolph, St. Louis, to Coffin & Weld. I do not know of Mr. Wilson’s paying anyone else out of sales of flour except in cases mentioned previously to Mr. Weld. I do not know how my account stands as I have received no account of sales or remittances until recently. The cholera still rages here to a great extent and no interest is felt in any kind of business. Individuals mentioned: J.D. Gardner and Mr. Randolph. Places mentioned: New Orleans. [Bought of Synnachus Trading Company, Boston, Mass., March 1942.], 1849 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.
Copy of letter of I.H. Headlee, St. Louis, to Samuel H. Headlee. Describes cholera in St. Louis. We can be very thankful that “we were permitted to grow up in the quiet and comparatively moral retreats of the country.” I am thinking of taking my wife away but I shall be found at my work if Providence permits. Individuals mentioned: Elisha and Artemissa. [Gift of Pollard C. Wreath, May 3, 1946. Photostat presented March 1948.], 1849 June 13
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.
City of St. Louis Water License., 1850 May 7
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.