Box 1
Contains 31 Results:
Letters, Journals, and other papers, 1797-1877
Kurz Journal
Land grant signed by James Madison as President to Jesse Swisher, 1813 June 22
Kurz Journal
Letter (copy by D.I. Bushnell Jr.) dated Pensacola from John Innerarity to his brother James, merchant at Mobile, 1813 July 27
Re: Indian uprisings.
Land grant signed by James Monroe as President to Ichabod Camp, 1817 September 25
Kurz Journal
Orders, Pittsburgh, by Stephen Harriman Long (1784-1864), Major, U.S. Army Engineers,, 1819 March 13
Orders commanding expedition to explore the Mississippi, Missouri, etc.
Letter from Thomas Say to William Maclure, dated Philidelphia, 1821 April 29
Say, 1787-1834, entomologist, orthinologist, was with Maj. Long - see Folder 4. Maclure, 1763-1840, was geologist, and Pres. Academy of Natural Science.
Letter, Adjutant General's office, New Orleans to Lousiana Gov. W. C. C. Claiborne, by H. Chotard, Ass' t Adj. General., 1814 December 16
Scope and Contents Bottom part of letter signed "Max. Baron von Braunsberg", dated St. Louis March 30, 1833. Bears note signed "L.W.S." - probably wife of Thomas Say from context, identifying him as Maximilian, Prinzen von Wied.
Letter from William Henry Harrison dated North Bend to Col. John OFallon, St. Louis, 1834 April 9
Regarding death of Tecumseh.
Letter from Horace Greeley, office of the Tribune, New York, to Mary E. Lee, St. Louis, Mo., 1863 March 6
Includes comments on slavery, the Civil War, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Letter from William Cullen Bryant, Cummington, Mass. to Mrs. Mary Lee Berry, 1877 September 26
Scope and Contents Mentions Bryant's "Thanatopsis".
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1847
Title Page, to 1847 (pg. 6) and through 1847 (pg. 41).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1848-1850
1848 (pg. 42-70); 1849 (pg. 70-83); 1850 (pg. 83-92).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1851 January 1-August 9
1851, January 1 through August 9, inc. (pg. 93-149).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1851 August 10-September 14
1851 August 10-September 14, inc. (pg. 150-209).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1851 September 15-30
1851 September 15-September 30 (pg. 210-292).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1851 October 1-14
1851 October 1-October 14 (pg. 293-368).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1851 October 15-November 19
1851 October 15-November 19 (pg. 369-446).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1851 November 20-December 31
1851 November 20-December 31 (pg. 447-494).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1852 January 1-31
1852 January 1-January 31 (pg. 495-552).
Journal of Friedrich Kurz, 1852 February 1-April 6
1852 February 1-April 6 (pg. 553-615).
1852 April 7-September 22 (pp. 616-661-the end), 1852 April 7-September 22
1852 April 7-September 22 (pg. 616-661-the end).
Letter dated London from Aston King and Co. (In English) to Cavalier and Petit, New Orleans, 1797 May 3
Re: purchase of "Indian trading guns".
Letter (in French) from Cavelier and Petit, New Orleans, to Augustine Chouteau, St. Loius, 1798 July 26
Kurz Journal
Letter (in French) from Cavelier and Petit, New Orleans, to Augustine Chouteau, St. Louis, 1799 May 9
Kurz Journal
Letter by W.T. Macgruder, Lt. 1st Dragoons from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory, to General John G. Chapman, 1853 May 6
Re: encounters with Indians.