Archive consisting of 166 letters (313 pages), plus approximately 560 pieces of paper ephemera, manuscript and some printed items, of which about ⅓ concerns land and properties (deeds, grants, property maps, taxes, etc) mostly in St. Louis, and elsewhere, and with about… more >
folio, printed circular letter and manuscript letter carried on a four-page folding letter sheet, formerly folded, postal markings and stamp on integral address leaf, small marginal defect to printed circular letter, which occurred when opening, else very good. more >
Small quarto, 110 manuscript pages, bound in half leather, contemporary marbled paper backed boards, spine cracked, boards detached, worn, rubbed, paper good, entries written in a legible hand, and dated 18 June to 8 September 1868. more >
35 letters, 125 pages, several accompanied by original mailing envelopes, some staining, and tears, with loss, else in generally good, legible condition. more >
The archive consists of the following:
98 letters, 146 pp., dated 18 June 1900 to 30 Oct 1929, with bulk being from 1900-1914; contains mainly incoming business letters to the firm of Milliken & McGuire, with several outgoing retained copies of letters, or… more >
Two volumes, 269 totaling pages as follows:
Volume One: contains 14 pages of pasted in printed material, including: the printed Constitution & By-Laws of the Association, printed in both German and in English, plus 3 manuscript pages which carry a list… more >
Three volumes, quarto, 1,807 letters, 1,920 pages, the letters are mainly typescript on thin tissue paper, bound in ½ red sheep and pebbled cloth, bindings worn and rubbed, back strips missing, text in very good, legible condition. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub