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Fires -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1849

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

William Greenleaf Eliot Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0446
Scope and Contents The William Greenleaf Eliot Papers consist of sermons, addresses, family papers, correspondence, Civil War documents, and documents regarding Eliot's church and other organizations. The Sermons Series contains 35 sermons, dated 1835-1885, regarding topics such as suffrage, emancipation, and philanthropy. The sermons are arranged by date first delivered. The Addresses...
Dates: 1832-1961

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

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