Columbia Manuscript Collections

Tax receipts, notes, bills, miscellaneous receipts, and other business papers, mainly of Robert B. Bacon but also of George E. and Edward G. Chambers and others.

Papers pertaining to the settlement of the estate of Zera Oldham by B.F. Thompson.

Agreement for operation of school in Greenville Township, Wayne County, MO, in 1847. Also a copy of school regulations.

Blank stock note.

List of cases for the March term of court.

Forms of U.S. Internal Revenue Service pertaining to gauging and taxing of distilled spirits.

Two covers, postcard, and a letter from Susan Snead to her sister, Sarah M. Price.

Papers in suit of U.S. vs. Library of Thomas C. Reynolds for settlement of Reynolds' debts. Included is inventory of his library.

Papers pertaining to the settlement of Peck's estate. Bills, inventory of estate, and list of books.

$500 surety bond of Isaac Hardister, street commissioner of Huntsville, MO.

To John M. Samuel, Columbia, MO, from Walbourn, KY, May 29, 1846.

Letter about the effects of the Mexican War and the relations with England on mule business.

Rules for boarding pupils pertaining to dress, manners, exercise, and other matters.

Minutes of meetings; memoir of John J. Suter, former president; and correspondence of W.W. Graves.

Letters from relatives in Maryland and Illinois regarding collection of debts, scarcity of money, politics and war.

Four letters submitted to MISSOURI RURALIST Old Letters Contest.

Written to Reuben and Elizabeth Terry, Millersburgh, KY, from Callaway County, MO. Crops, hard times, and family news.

Papers pertaining to Franklin County land. Land grant to Thomas Maupin; warranty deed and quit claim deed between the heirs of Washington Fitzgerald and William P. Fitzgerald.

Muster roll, August 31, 1863, for Captain Samuel Smith's company of Lewis' Regiment.

Miscellaneous receipts and papers, including notice to Thomas Linville from George Sniders, 1851, forbidding Linville "from getting water from my spring."

Two letters from the clerk of the Marion County circuit court regarding the gift of a portrait of Judge Nathaniel B. Tucker to be hung in the circuit courtroom.

Journal of a voyage from New York to Liverpool, 16 April-14 May 1832, aboard the packet ship NEW YORK.

Letter to Stallings in Kentucky from his friend Linton in Parkville, MO, describing richness of land and living conditions.

The collection contains a confirmation of a grant originally made to Jean Baptiste Pratte, Jr., by Carlos Dehault Delassus. Basis for U.S. Survey No. 467.

The collection contains letters to John Doniphan from Liberty and Richmond, MO, concerning convention of 1861, politics, business, and legal and family affairs.

The collection contains a letter to Doniphan's sister "Caroline," from Denver, CO, Aug. 3, 1878, concerning his health.

The collection contains an order to George Leonard, "colored," to report for military service.

The collection contains a letter to E.E. Blake, El Reno, OK T., from Mexico City, Mar.30, 1897, asking procedure for securing the rights of Americans.

The collection contains Brown's memoirs of pioneer work in the Baptist ministry of Missouri. Topics include church associations, missionary work, preaching, conversions, and other Baptist ministers.

The papers of Mrs. Benjamin F. Gray, Jr. contain two letters to Mrs. Gray, one pertaining to William Henry Ashley; as well as an April 1908 issue of THE AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE containing an article about Ashley.

The collection contains a diary kept by McCanne of his trip from Randolph County, MO, to California in the spring and summer of 1850.

The collection contains a transcript of a court record establishing the boundaries of Piedmont, MO.

The collection contains ten letters written by Beazley on various subjects including teaching, Missouri University literary societies, and land values in Missouri and Kansas.

The collection contains a letter to Doniphan's nephew John, from Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 1861. The letter discusses Lincoln, the state of the union, and the position of border states. Also included is a negative photostat of the letter.

Reports of visits to wards 1 and 2, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, MO, with notations of items distributed.

Recommending Robert W. Keyworth for a position in the patent office.

Papers concerning investment in bonds of LaGrange Iron and Steel Rolling Mill Company, LaGrange, MO.

Letter relating to Ashley's Rocky Mountain explorations. Apparently draft of letter sent. Also typed copy.

Accounts of Sims with Versailles Milling Company and M. Moser of Versailles Roller Mills.

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase.

To "John," from Liberty, MO, Dec. 15, 1856. To his nephew concerning business and banking opportunities in Liberty, Weston, and St. Joseph.

Articles of association and resolution pertaining to liquidation of stock.

To Mrs. Arthur McCluer from Clayton, MO, June 27, 1913. Reminiscence about Boonslick Road from St. Louis to Fulton, MO.

To Mrs. Stapp, from Chapel Hill [College, Lafayette County, MO], June 7, 1853.

Requesting permission to marry her daughter Arthusa.

A day-by-day account of the journey of a band of Cherokee being forced West by the U.S. government, written by the conductor of the party, October 13-December 30, 1837.

Promissory note to Sappington by Joseph P. Taylor. Typed memo of four lawsuits of Sappington's in Red River County, TX.

Letters to a Quincy, IL, lawyer concerning debt collection and legal matters.

Civil War diary of the movements of the 21st Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, Company K. The original was written in German.

Fifty-dollar bill.

History and clergy of Mary Help Catholic Church, Osage County, MO; history of Bonnot's Mill area; and remembrance of his mother, Veronica Franken Kramer.

Certificate of promotion to 1st lieutenant in the 6th Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, 1861; certificate of promotion to captain in same outfit, 1863; and mustering-out papers, 1863.

One autobiographical sketch in prose, one in poetry; a genealogical sketch of the Brooks family of Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri; a poem, "The Great Flood of Little Black, May 9th, 1875."

Obituary; photograph of Rogers; affidavit from official records compiled by the Soldiers and Sailors Historical and Benevolent Society about Rogers' Civil War service; biographical sketch.

Headquarters of District of the Border, Kansas City, MO, orders John Poyntz out of the state for the duration of the war, 19 September 1863.

Muster roll of Capt. James E. Dwight, 4th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry; expense voucher for Dwight and a servant.

Bank robbery committed in Liberty, MO, February 13, 1866, and statement of the bank's financial condition after the robbery.

Loyalty oaths of James M. Collins, 1861, Robert Wilson, 1862, and James M. Parsons, 1861, Holt County, MO.

To Family from Lexington, MO, Sept. 28, 1861. Letter describing the battle of Lexington, in which the author participated, and its aftermath.

Letters to their family from brothers in the Union army who spent time in Washington, D.C., and North Carolina.

Miscellaneous legal documents.

Two deeds of sale of enslaved people to David Hunter, 1832. Will deeding enslaved people to Nancy Hunter from her mother, Elizabeth Phillips, 1842.

To Eugean Yourley, Dexter, MO, from Hickman, KY, Nov. 25, 1890.

Announces reward for arrest and detention of John Smedley and R.C. Smith.

Muster roll of Missouri Volunteer Infantry, 1st Regiment, Rifle Battalion, Companies A and B.

Certificate issued to Enoch G. Deskin, Moberly, MO.

The papers of Thomas E. Peyton contain an oath of allegiance and a photograph.

The collection contains a deed conveying land to Deskin from William and Mary A. Sorrell.

The collection contains a mortgage on Deskin's land given as security for $100 borrowed from the capital school fund of Township 52, Range 15, Randolph County, MO.

The collection contains a certificate for payment of work on roads.

The collection contains a warrant for land issued to John Sorrell and transferred to William Sorrell.

The collection contains tax receipts.

The collection contains a letter to Helen Johnson, Osceola, MO, from Urich, MO, Jan. 1943, concerning Mrs. Erwin's family and reminiscences of her childhood.

The collection contains letters from Mexico, where Edwards went with Shelby and other Confederates after the Civil War. Edwards invested in land and published the MEXICAN TIMES, a Confederate English paper.

The collection contains photocopies of two letters written by a member of the 1875 Missouri Constitutional Convention to his wife. The letters include comments on the work of the convention and the constitution it drafted.

The collection contains a letter to W. Halliburton, Milan, MO, from Springfield, MO, Apr. 20, 1876. The letter comments on work of the constitutional convention and ratification of new constitution, as well as asking for Halliburton's support for Phelp's candidacy for governor and for his opinion of Phelp's prospects. Also included is a negative photostat of the envelope.

To John Post, Addison, VT, from St. Louis, MO, Dec. 5, 1817.

Land speculation, weather, and crops. Encourages brother to move to Missouri.

To Robert E. Saunders, Clinton County, MO, from Bedford County, VA, May 24, 1853. Writes his son about local prices of tobacco, wheat, corn, land, horses, and Negroes, and the wreck of a train crossing the Potomac.

To Howard Stephens, from Santa Ana, CA, Nov. 12, 1928.

Personal letter.

Letters to his brothers about crops, friends, and relatives.

To Louis Wiley, New York, NY, from St. Louis, MO, Nov. 19, 1903.

Regretting his inability to address Society of the Genesee.

Share issued to James Knotts.

Instructs John Curd, as his trustee, to collect money from a lottery at Patee House and use it towards payment of debts.

Lease to Ed Russell for land in St. Joseph, MO.

For sale of land in Buchanan County, MO, to John and Thomas Curd.

Shares of stock in a St. Joseph institution.

Deed for land in St, Joseph, MO.

Promotion to second grade of Willie Gillmore.

The papers of Robert Boyle contain a protest of a note given by Israel Landis and G.W. Cargill to John Curd.

The collection contains a letter requesting Collins to provide him with a description of Bacon College and an article on the Christian Church and its ministers, for use in writing a history of Kentucky.

The papers of Enoch Deskin contain deeds, membership cards, and other miscellaneous items.

The collection contains a letter to Richard H. Edwards, Baltimore, MD, from Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, 1912. The letter predicts phenomenal growth of the South.

The collection contains a $1000 bond issued in Cass County, MO.

The collection contains a fragment of minutes of meeting of 5 May 1821.

The papers of James Wilson contain documents pertaining to the death of Major Wilson, U.S. Army, who was shot by Confederate forces near Union, MO, in 1864.

The collection contains a letter to [John] Doniphan, from Louisville, Mar. 20, 1850, discussing the necessity of preserving the Union and giving news of members of their class.

The papers of Thomas Hardeman Smith contain letters to Smith from his father, mother, and sister, Liberty, MO.

The collection contains letters written to Moses and Susan Hadley by Elizabeth Hadley Wyman and her husband Edward, who were teachers. The letters describe a trip from Boston to Illinois in 1839.

Primarily letters written by Wells to his daughter containing family news and description of conditions in Missouri prior to and during the Civil War.

Letters from Reuben Fleming Repass and Ellen Missouri Brown Repass, Rose, Hill, MO, to Reuben's family in Rural Retreat, VA, discussing family matters, climate, prices, and crops.

Notices of stray cattle in Ste. Genevieve County, MO.

Letters and receipts pertaining to claim of Blair, Curd & Company against the government.

Account with D.A. Constable for purchase of merchandise.