1830s

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Wright Family Collection, 1822-1991 (CA6506)
0.4 cubic feet, 423 MB of digital files, 3 oversize items

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Family papers, photographs, and illustrated biographical sketches concerning members of the Wright and related families of Boone County, Missouri, including J. Kelly Wright II, Rebecca Wright Crighton, and Paul Morris Wright.

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Wright Family Record Book, 1834-1854 (C1807)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Record book of the Wright family, including stud records, coal sales, and the register for a Columbia, Missouri tavern operated by Peter Wright.

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Charles S. Yancey Letters, 1839-1865 (C0192)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)

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Letters of a circuit court judge from Greene County, Missouri, largely written to his wife in Springfield. Tell of the court; discusses Benton; Clay Compromise; and the slavery question. Other family letters. Originals in possession of donor.

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Yeagle Family Papers, 1732-1984 (C4129)
5.0 cubic feet (80 folders)

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The papers of a Saline County, Missouri, family consist of account books, receipts, wills, deeds, diaries, assorted genealogical material, personal and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, school material, and miscellaneous material.

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Young Family Papers, 1793-1958 (C3123)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Brief history of the Young, Croft and Scouller families. Two letters of millwright Andrew Young, Rockbridge County, Virginia, to John Scouller, 1793-1794. Miscellaneous letters containing family genealogy. Scrapbook containing news clippings and genealogical notes on the Croft family.

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Lewis Ziegler Records, 1839-1841 (R0211)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Lewis Ziegler Records contain a microfilm copy of a daybook from a tavern operated by Lewis Ziegler, or, possibly, Sebastian Ziegler, at Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Entries begin on April 21, 1839 and continue through July 13, 1841.