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Cholera -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1849

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

David Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0007
Scope and Contents

This collection includes personal letters to David's wife, Elizabeth, business correspondence, receipts, lists, and diaries. A man of limited education, David wrote poorly, spelled phonetically, and rarely used punctuation.

Dates: 1828-1869

Nathan D. Allen Diary

 Collection
Identifier: A0020
Scope and Contents The diary of Nathan D. Allen contains material on life in Webster Groves, with accounts of the 1849 cholera epidemic, the Civil War in St. Louis, and mentions of meeting Abraham Lincoln and Henry Shaw. The Civil War portion of the diary contains brief entries of general war news and affairs in St. Louis. It includes the following entries relating to the capture of Camp Jackson and related affairs in St. Louis in early May 1861: ...
Dates: 1834-1888

Nathan Belcher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0104
Scope and Contents Papers consist of genealogical information and correspondence of the Belcher family. Most of the letters are addressed to Nathan Belcher in New London, Connecticut, from his brothers and sisters across the United States. The earliest letters are from Nathan’s father, William Belcher. Nathan’s brothers wrote to him many times regarding their business, social, and personal affairs. The letters of William H. and Charles Belcher, dated 1842 to 1872, deal with the operation of the...
Dates: 1834-1885

LaMotte-Coppinger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0869
Scope and Contents The LaMotte-Coppinger Papers include letters, land deeds, photographs, receipts, inventories, journals, and other miscellaneous material concerning LaMotte’s time in war and his descendant’s family matters. The Joseph LaMotte Series is a compilation arranged chronologically of all letters and postcards received and written by the LaMotte family ranging from 1804-1934. The earliest letters concerned the Chambers family and their...
Dates: 1800-1989

Mayer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0999
Scope and Contents The Mayer Family Papers consist of the correspondence of Flora Byrne to Mrs. Charles F. Mayer. Describes her life and family at Byrnham Wood in Clark County near Winchester, Missouri. Includes correspondence from various members of the family in Baltimore, Maryland. The letters contain many sidelights on the state of development in that day, mention well-known characters, and show the facilities for transportation between the Atlantic seaboard and St. Louis. The latest...
Dates: 1839-1861

Rev. Charles Peabody Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A1192
Scope and Contents The collection contains a typescript copy of a diary of Rev. Charles Peabody, May 21– September 11, 1846; a diary of Rev. Peabody, October 12, 1846–July 25, 1849, while he traveled in the West (mostly in St. Louis, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) as an agent of the American Tract Society; and four travel diaries of Rev. Peabody, 1858-1859, recording his travels mostly in Europe. The collection also contains correspondence to Rev. Peabody, 1888-1889; many of these letters are from his Dartmouth...
Dates: 1846-1889

Penniman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2978
Scope and Contents Papers contains reminiscences (6 pages) signed H.C. Penniman titled “Cholera in St. Louis Years 1849, 50, 51,” which describe the cholera epidemic and the great fire of St. Louis in 1849 (see transcript of these reminiscences below). Papers also contain letter signed Geo. Wallace Penniman [George Wallace Penniman], Southbridge, Mass., to Harry C. Penniman, Dallas, Texas, July 12, 1898, regarding the descendants of Harry C. Penniman’s grandfather Amasa Penniman; undated membership application...
Dates: 1898; no date

Wells-Gordon Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3038
Scope and Contents The collection is divided into two series: Wells-Howard Family series (f.1-7) and the Gordon-Hutchinson Family series (f.8-13). Each series is arranged chronologically within each family name. The Wells-Howard Family series contains letters and documents relating to Rolla Wells (1856-1944), his wife, Jane Howard Parker (1857-1917), and to her parents and siblings. The Gordon-Hutchinson Family series, contains letters, deeds, and other documents pertaining to Lindell...
Dates: 1825-2015; Majority of material found within 1867-1894