Breckenridge, William Clark (1862-1927), Papers, 1752-1927 (C1036)
4.75 linear feet
INTRODUCTION
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of a St. Louis businessman, writer, and historian. Two copies of Early Printing in Missouri, 1808-1849. Correspondence with Francis A. Sampson, secretary for the State Historical Society of Missouri. Book sale lists of W.W. Nesbit. Letters of Thomas J. Taylor. Book sale correspondence. Miscellaneous printed material and book sale announcements.
Scrapbooks (also available on microfilm) contain newspaper clippings and illustrations, engravings, letters, and miscellaneous printed materials. Dates are not consecutive. Emphasis on St. Louis and Missouri history, poetry and picture collections, cartoons, and Joseph R. Meeker, St. Louis artist.
DONOR INFORMATION
The William Clark Breckenridge Papers were donated by James M. Breckenridge on 28 November 1933.
FOLDER LIST
| f. 1 | Two copies of Early Printing in Missouri, 1808-1849, compiled by William Clark Breckenridge and Francis Asbury Sampson. List of articles printed, where, when and by whom. List of periodicals. |
These five folders contain material recovered after the Lawrence Lingle theft. Material was taken from the scrapbooks and from the unworked boxes. As it was impossible to locate correct places in the scrapbooks, all recovered material is in these folders.
| f. 2 | Undated. Autographs; envelope addressed to A.B. Green; letter to E.R. Meeker from John Taylor Johnson; admittance slip to St. Louis theatre, signed P.G.; J.J. Crittenden, U.S. Senator, on envelope addressed to J.R. Meeker; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania through King George II for arrest of John Kollor, 1752; Red Seal-Lion's Head over two ships; cigar band, 1868; J.R. Meeker's printed "property;" handwritten poem by Dyer dedicated to J.R. Meeker; lists of antique arms and owners; letter to Mr. Snead, signed Napier, H.B.M. Legation; officers and members of the St. Louis Sketch Club to E.E. Starkweather; letter of Matt Ward to Butler; letter to B.J. Adams. |
| f. 3 | 1772-1845. Sample written by the Automation Writer at the American Museum, New York, 1845. Lancaster County treasurer pay authorization, 1772, several signatures. Card of J.C. Buttre, printer and engraver, New York, 1842. Presidential election notice, 1836. |
| f. 4 | 1850-1859. Letter of Charles M. Riley, December 11, 1855. Letter of Charles Haskind to J.R. Meeker, March 8, 1858. Bill of fare for supper given by citizens of Louisville to ex-governor Charles S. Morehead. Letter of Park Benjamin, editor and poet, November 5, 1855. Engraving of St. Louis, 1855, by Leopold Gast and Brothers. |
| f. 5 | 1860-1869. Invitation to Joseph R. Meeker to trial of native wines held at Bluffton Wine Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 1869. Prisoner of war parole form for members of the Trans-Mississippi Department under General E. Kirby Smith. Joseph R. Meeker's St. Louis Press Club card, 1861, and permit to leave Cairo, Illinois issued through office of Captain Isaac M. Talmage, provost marshall. Brigadier General John Wynn Davidson's letter of recommendation for J.R. Meeker's navy paymaster appointment. Autograph of Edward Everett, U.S. Senator. |
| f. 6 | 1875-1896. Letters to J.R. Meeker from Eliza Bierstadt and Charles Ward Rhodes, March 1875, May 16, 1894, in regard to Meeker's art work. Letter to A.B. Green from Henry Chase, 1879. Bound copy of two lectures, "Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln" and "Notes of a Visit to California" by Joshua Fry Speed with a sketch of Speed's life. Letter to J.R. Meeker from Andrew Shuman, editor, Chicago Evening Journal, May 29, 1886. Guest ticket to the Republican National Convention, June 16, 1896. |
| f. 7-42 | Correspondence with Francis A. Sampson of Sedalia, secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri, in regard to buying books and collecting material bearing on Missouri history for the Society; other miscellaneous Society business including state appropriations, memberships, annual meetings, elections of officials, The Missouri Historical Review. Also references to the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis and its acquisitions; details of Sampson’s travels, his wife’s health, his fossil collection and his relationships with the Society’s finance committee and trustees. Letters filed chronologically. |
| f. 10 | Letters in regard to senate appropriations to the Society, 1903. |
| f. 15 | Appropriation of $400,000 for use in building a memorial to Missouri soldiers and for the Society, 1905. |
| f. 16 | References to Missouri Historical Society meetings attended by Breckenridge, May 1905. Acquisition competition between Missouri Historical Society and the State Historical Society. |
| f. 19 | References to free railroad mileage for editors; advertising through railroads for the proposed Missouri Historical Quarterly. Name complications with the publications of the Missouri Historical Society and the State Historical Society, 1906. |
| f. 20 | Subscriptions for the Quarterly [Missouri Historical Review]; appropriations; references to new building, the Missouri Historical Society, advertising contracts with railroads, membership refusal to a St. Louis Negro teacher into the Society, consideration of D.J. Snider’s membership, acquiring material from the Loyal Legion of the U.S. in Missouri, 1906. |
| f. 21 | References to senate appropriations for new building for the Society; discussion of printers, contributors to the Review, 1907. |
| f. 24 | Negative copy of “Bibliography of Biography” compiled by Breckenridge. |
| f. 26 | Missouri Historical Society acquisitions; State Historical Society’s finance committee meeting, June 30, 1908. |
| f. 27 | Finance committee meeting; state appropriations and opposition of Dr. Muir, former president of La Grange College; political preferences in the 1908 presidential election. |
| f. 28 | Appropriations. |
| f. 29-30 | Bids and construction of the Dumas apartment building, Columbia, 1910. Breckenridge discusses his not being re-elected as trustee and the use of materials provided by the Society. Sampson’s reply. |
| f. 32 | Description of facilities for use by the Society in basement of the University library, 1911. |
| f. 33 | Cost of buildings of the Buffalo Exposition given to the Buffalo Historical Society, 1912; descriptions of the libraries and collections of C.M. Burton and Bryant Walker, 1912. |
| f. 33 | Discussion by Sampson of a building for the Society; membership drive. Tribune news clipping lists gifts to the Society including rare document of Louisiana Retrocession to French Republic. Breckenridge letter dated July 18, 1912 from the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Michigan, informing Sampson of discontinuing his business in St. Louis. |
| f. 34 | Missouri Press Association meeting; reference to Secretary of State Roach’s speech supporting a fire proof building for the Society. |
| f. 35 | Appropriations, specifications and state printing; beginnings of a Masonic collection; description of University of California, Bancroft Library; Society’s membership fund; Breckenridge’s description of California’s natural resources and development, 1913. |
| f. 36 | Contract for library building discussed, 1914. |
| f. 37 | Finance committee meeting; progress on new building. |
| f. 38 | Correspondence relating to Sampson’s resignation as secretary of the Society and his conversation with Walter Williams, 1915. |
| f. 39 | Plans for finance committee meeting and reported conversation of Shoemaker and/or Loeb and Williams. Mention of the Patience Worth fad and cult in St. Louis and her medium, Mrs. Curran. |
| f. 40 | Reasons given for Sampson’s resignation as secretary; new committee directives on purchasing books and expenses of the secretary with references to Professor Loeb, Floyd Shoemaker, Walter Williams, the trustees of the Society, and the finance committee. Breckenridge describes his acquaintance with Cyrus A. Peterson. References to the Missouri Centennial Committee and the St. Louis Pageant of 1914. Sampson describes his friendship with Harry Bridges, republican member of the House. |
| f. 41 | References to Sampson’s forced resignation, collecting publications relative to World War I and the French commissioners in St. Louis, 1917. Sampson’s letters of 1918 shortly before his death February 4, 1918. |
| f. 43-58 | Book sale lists of W.W. Nisbet, the Shakespeare Book Shop, St. Louis. Unnumbered and nos. 5-251. |
| f. 43 | Index to Nisbet’s lists. The Tribune Primer, Denver (1881), known copies with previous owners, where known. |
| f. 57 | Sale items listed are from the private library of John Collett, state geologist of Indiana. |
Miscellaneous printed material and book sale announcements.
| f. 59 | List of letters and extracts in recognition of poems received from Berton Bellis, St. Louis. Extracts of opinions and press notices on “Selections from Frederick’s Peregrination…” by Augustus John Trares. Reprint of “Historical Museum of the Kirksville State Normal School.” |
| f. 60 | Programs for annual meetings of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1907, and Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1919. News clipping on collection of speeches before the general assemblies and possible new building for the State Historical Society. Pamphlets on methods of collecting war records. Blank forms of Texas war records. |
| f. 61 | Copy of proposed constitution of the Missouri Folklore Society. Printed copies of M. Hilton’s poems dedicated to President Taft and the 62nd Congress. Bulletin of Knights of Father Matthew, December 1908, gives address of P.F. Cook on Father Theopold Matthew and the temperance movement of the early 1800s. Unfair labor union practices subject of news item on formation of the Citizens’ Alliance in Houston, Texas and pamphlet of the Postum Cereal Company of Battle Creek, Michigan. Pamphlets on Catholics’ fidelity to civic duties, the Great American Prayer League, and Connecticut State Library. |
| f. 62 | State Historical Society of Missouri circulars on historical material desired by the Society, college periodicals, files of old newspapers, collection of works of Missouri authors, the Missouri Historical Review. Programs of annual meetings. Printed information on the first number of the Missouri Historical Review, and the Society’s bill to be presented to the State Legislature in regard to a Missouri Soldiers Memorial Building. |
| f. 63 | “Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, Exhibition Hand List,” 1928. “An Indissoluble Friendship,” an address delivered by E.H.H. Simmons, President, New York Stock Exchange to The American Club of Paris, 1929. Public letter to the voters of Missouri by Thomas V. McGuire, Greene County, speaking against Joseph W. Folk, candidate for United States Senate. List of officers formerly serving in the First Infantry, National Guard of Missouri. “The Kaiser’s Prayer,” a poem. Two songs, “American Bonny Flag,” 1914, “The Bonnie Blue Flag,” 1861. |
| f. 64-70 | Letters to William Clark Breckenridge from Thomas J. Taylor, Bookseller, Taunton, Massachusetts, listing Missouri items for sale. Filed chronologically. |
| f. 71-117 | Correspondence with various book dealers, institutions and individuals regarding sale of books, broadsides, pamphlets, manuscripts from Breckenridge’s Collection of Americana. Filed alphabetically by correspondent. Detailed descriptions of sale items offer early history of various states, churches, authors, family, genealogies. Collection strong on western items. Publishers and printers listed. Bookbinding described. Earliest printed item for sale dated 1766. |
| f. 71 | Partition of Poland, Baptists, Arkansas Territory. |
| f. 72 | Pennsylvania items and genealogy of William Penn family. |
| f. 73 | Description and names of Negroes hung in St. Louis, 1841, given in list of broadsides for sale; lotteries; list of railroad items for Bureau of Railway Economics. |
| f. 74 | Correspondence with the Cadmus Book Shop, New York. Sale and trade of items bearing on the early history of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. |
| f. 75 | Detailed description of John Westcott’s life, genealogy and early merchants of Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| f. 77 | Lists of books and pamphlets by Mississippi authors; description of books and manuscripts relating to that state. |
| f. 78 | Lists of early American imprints (early 1700-1800s), including descriptive lists of churches, sermons of Kentucky, Georgia and others; early medical prescriptions; biographical information on Richard Carter, Indian doctor; expulsion of Oxford students for praying. |
| f. 79 | Alphabetical list of genealogies offered for sale with paragraph descriptions of families. Abraham Lincoln items. Correspondence with M.O. Frost concerning sale of his Regimental History of the 10th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. |
| f. 80-83 | Items offered for sale to Goodspeed’s Book Shop, Boston, include Fourth of July orations, 1786-1863; Cotton Mather items, sermons; college orations, 1793-1799; genealogy lists; Cherokee Indian items; printing history; early St. Louis, California and Virginia items. |
| f. 84 | List of pamphlets and broadsides relating to activities of Negroes in behalf of the political, educational and social advancement of their own race. Lists and description of Negro conventions and speeches, 1849-1879. |
| f. 85 | Lists offered to the Harvard College Library include French pamphlets relating to the French Revolution; early imprints of sermons. |
| f. 86 | Description and notes on the Coburger Tageblatt; lists of Arkansas items offered to the Arkansas Gazette. |
| f. 87-88 | Letters of Archibald Henderson, University of North Carolina, 1920. Correspondence and book sale lists sent to the Mexico Public Library, Mexico, Missouri include descriptions of items on Mormons, labor strikes and early Virginia and North Carolina historical and genealogical items. Letter to Henry Huntington, San Marino, California, has descriptive note giving biographical information on George Holmes Howison. Descriptive list of pamphlets relating to Illinois history including railroads; lists of early pioneer and Indian history of Colorado. |
| f. 89 | List of books related to the West including buffalo, Indians, Dodge City, early settlers, General Custer, mining camps, Oregon, Montana, Death Valley, Santa Fe Trail, Buffalo Bill. Correspondence with Library of Congress listing magazines and broadsides; pamphlets relating to Negro activities before the Civil War; description of autobiography of the daughter of a free Negress whose attorney was Edward Bates; description and excerpts from “Address to the Citizens of the Cherokee Nation,” by James M. Bell and Sut Beck. The address gives earliest history of organizing the territory of Oklahoma. |
| f. 90 | Lists of genealogies, political speeches by Georgians; items relating to Georgia or Georgians. |
| f. 92 | Letters of George M. Millard, noted collector, Pasadena, California, and news article of his death. List of items by E.A. Hitchcock. Lists of early southwest history items. |
| f. 92-96 | Correspondence with the New York Public Library, 1916-1927. Descriptive lists of 1800s newspapers and magazines, items relating to Baptist history, St. Louis, Mormons, Civil War, Negro history, railroads, Revolutionary War. |
| f. 96 | Prices on bound volumes of newspapers. Descriptive list of broadsides and pamphlets relating to Brooklyn and New York elections of 1854-1858; election tickets. |
| f. 97 | Correspondence with James A. Rector, St. Louis attorney. |
| f. 98-99 | Correspondence with the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, 1916; sale lists with emphasis on Masonic, Mormon, St. Louis and Negro items. List of programs, 1852-1874, for concerts, lectures, theaters, opera. |
| f. 100 | Correspondence with St. Paul Public Library, 1918. Book sale lists include list of pamphlets of speeches, details of southwestern history from the South-Western Monthly, 1852. Request for and list of Mormon materials. |
| f. 100-101 | Correspondence with George L. Shepley, Rhode Island. Lists with descriptions of Rhode Island items. |
| f. 101-103 | Correspondence with E.L. Shettles, pastor, Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas, 1912-1927, includes descriptive lists of early Methodism and Texas items. Lists of drama items. |
| f. 103-104 | Correspondence with William L. Skaggs, superintendent of schools, Paragould, Arkansas, 1920-1923; Yates Snowden, 1920; Society, Sons of the Revolution, California; State Normal School Library, Cape Girardeau, 1922-1923. Includes lists of books relating to Missouri Civil War history and Indian mounds of Arkansas, descriptive lists of South Carolina items, genealogies, claims for Revolutionary War service; Missouriana. |
| f. 105 | Lists of senate and miscellaneous journals of various states, pamphlets on Illinois, first editions of books. |
| f. 106 | Descriptive lists relating to border outlaws, famous pioneers, South Dakota, slavery, miscellaneous journals. |
| f. 107-110 | Correspondence with the University of Texas Library includes lists of works on American archaeology, Indians, various states, Mississippi River, Mormons, Negro advancement, Abraham Lincoln, conventions, almanacs, Texas and the South, Confederacy, slavery and Missouri items. Biographical material on many authors and subjects. |
| f. 111-114 | Correspondence with W.H. Cathcart, Western Reserve Historical Library, Cleveland, Ohio, 1919-1926, includes descriptive lists of books, pamphlets relating to Ohio, slavery, Negroes; Civil War and slavery, and radical aftermath in Missouri. |
| f. 114-117 | Correspondence with Frank J. Wilder, Wilder’s Bookshop, Boston, 1921-1927 includes lists of genealogies, Massachusetts local and county history items and North Carolina Booklet volumes for sale. |
SCRAPBOOKS
| v. 1 | Scrapbook, 1870s. Historical notes on the counties of Buchanan, Andrew, Holt, Atchison, Worth, Gentry, DeKalb and Clinton comprised of newspaper clippings, 1874-1875. Letter of N.B. Giddings to H.E. Robinson, 20 July 1875. Robinson’s collection of clippings on the Platte Purchase. Maps. List of St. Joseph voters voting for Lincoln in 1860; history of printing; obituaries; biographical sketches; article on Nicholas Ford, candidate for Congress on the Greenback Labor Ticket, 1878; Eugene Field poem; lists of early settlers, merchants, and businesses. |
| v. 2 | Scrapbook, 1894-1899. Newspaper clippings and illustrations on Daniel Boone; slavery; duels; political campaign of 1860 and orators including John F. Phillips, Robert L.Y. Peyton, and George G. Vest; Missouri in 1861 including Battle of Wilson’s Creek; Grant and Sherman at Camp Jackson; Governor Charles H. Hardin; Missouri Unionists, Isaac C. Parker; St. Joseph; John S. Phelps and description of Springfield in 1837; monument to Thomas C. Fletcher; historians James Peckham and Thomas Lowndes Snead; examination of written history of the Civil War by H.E. Robinson; Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat, 1820-1879; Richard P. Bland; Missouri bandits; Jesse James gang; William M. Wherry, St. Louis; communism in Missouri, Bethel County in Shelby County. Table of contents. |
| v. 3 | Scrapbook, 1896-1904. Newspaper clippings and illustrations collected by Edward A.K. Kilian, Alma, Kansas. On Civil War; George C. Vest; Mormons; steamboats and steamboating; Pike County ballads; Academy of Science, St. Louis; St. Joseph; Fulton; recollections of Mrs. Wilson Primm on early St. Louis schools, social life, fashion, and Indians; recollections of Lucy Sims Mundy on overland travel and life with Delaware Indians; obituaries and biographical sketches of John Smith T, Robert Gibson, Jacob R. Gmelich, William Ward Mitchell, and Martin Rice; other miscellaneous topics. |
| v. 4 | Scrapbook, 1850s-1860s. Engravings, newspaper clippings of poems, articles on historical figures of the 1850s and 1860s, obituaries, Civil War news items, and pictures including South Carolina, Governor Wise of Virginia, Parson Brownlow of Tennessee, Benjamin F. Butler, Confederate cabinet at Montgomery, U.S. Volunteers attacked in St. Louis, Palmyra massacre, and Lincoln County. Miscellaneous articles and anecdotes. Engravings, poems and articles offer insight into the humor, manners, dress, entertainment and attitudes of the period. Alphabetical index of title and authors. |
| v.5 | Scrapbook, 1858-1880. Confederate ten-dollar bill. Confederate one hundred dollar bill captured at the Battle of Chickamauga, 1863. Newspaper clippings of poetry by Sidney Harrington; account for his work done on the Hornet; humorous poems; articles and illustrations by the Hornet poet and “A Native;” articles by Harrington on northern prison life at Camp Douglas, labor strikes, currency and commerce, polar expeditions, book reviews, and Civil War anecdotes. Alphabetical index. |
| v. 6 | Scrapbook, 1850s. St. Louis newspaper clippings on the Pacific Railroad Gasconade Bridge disaster and lists of dead and wounded. Editorial cartoons and humorous illustrations of purchase of Cuba, 16th Amendment, Napoleon, China, Great Britain, Nicaragua, prominent people, travel, 1856 presidential election, Shakespeare’s plays, Irish Americans, dances, blacks, social life and customs, fashions, entertainment, courtship, and children. Humorous anecdotes. Printed pictures of photographs of literary figures and their residences and other prominent figures of the 1850s. No index. |
| v. 7 | Scrapbook, 1892-1893. Newspaper clippings and illustrations of feature articles on St. Louis from the Globe Democrat. Recollections of William Hyde, 1856-Civil War; Frederick Billon; political campaigns; 1824 presidential election; early families; slavery; hotels; frontier life; floods; theater and performers; municipal life; courts; crime; fire and police departments; Kerry Patch; Wild Cat Chute and Russian Jews; Ashley tenement building; roustabouts; Hungarian patriots; St. Louis Arsenal; William Jack Haynes; church architecture; and others. Index. |
| v. 8 | Scrapbook, 1895-1907. Newspaper clippings and portrait illustrations of current St. Louis news and early Missouri and St. Louis history. Index. Handwritten notations on some articles. Photostat of article on history of Great Seal of Missouri; letters of A.A. Lesueur and Governors McClurg and Reynolds. Recollections of gold rush, early transportation, steamboating, landmarks, hotels, variety shows, Alton, Illinois (1836-1848), Green and Benton campaign, 1838 politics, St. Louis in 1847, battle of Centralia, cycle clubs, and newspapers. Biographical sketches and obituaries. |
| v. 9 | Scrapbook, 1863-1906. St. Louis and unidentified newspaper clippings, 1882-1906. On Dorris murder; death of Jesse James; J.F. Merryman and redistricting; Vulcan Iron Works explosion; obituaries; funeral notices; and miscellaneous articles. Original letters, 1900s, to J.F. Merryman from Willard P. Hall, William M. Paxton, Alex Campbell, and Thomas Haley on death of Joseph E. Merryman. Programs, 1872, 1895. Printed funeral notice, 1863. Cartoon illustration of women’s rights. Scenic engravings. Index. |
| v. 10 | Scrapbook, 1875-1880. Newspaper clipping collection of prose and poetry by Thomas S. Bowden. Index by titles. Portrait engravings and illustrations. Emphasis on the Irish, St. Louis history and landmarks, overland travel, remedies, Carroll family genealogy, biographical sketches, female poets Frances Brown and “Una” Mary A. Ford, and others. Articles on St. Louis by John F. Darby and Sullivan Blood. |
| v. 11 | Scrapbook, 1856-1872. Newspaper clippings of voting statistics of 1844-1856 Democratic National Conventions, 1860 official Missouri and St. Louis County gubernatorial and presidential election returns, Samuel T. Glover’s argument in Carstang v. Shaw, politics, political parties, slavery, abolitionists and secessionists, popular sovereignty, Governor Stewart’s veto of the Free Negro Bill, admission of Kansas, Abraham Lincoln, speeches and letters of William L. Yancey, John C. Breckenridge, William Seward, Francis P. Blair, Jr., James L. Orr, Hancock Jackson, James S. Green, Owen Lovejoy, John S. Millson, W.W. Boyce, Hershall V. Johnson, Alexander Stephens, and S.A. Douglas. Sale of Post Dispatch, 18 October 1872. |
| v. 12 | Scrapbook, 1797-1913. Scrapbook purchased from the widow of Joseph R. Meeker, St. Louis artist, in 1903 by A.B. Greene. Programs, invitations, tickets, membership cards, and admission passes; handwritten poems (1853-1857); Chipman loyalty oath, 1861; many illegible signatures; Meeker’s Missouri Militia enrollment; miscellaneous items. Letters (1851-1908), to and from Meeker and Greene on art sales and showings and benevolent societies. Letters (1845-1908), of art, literary, and social clubs and organizations of St. Louis and other states. Letter dated 5 July 1797, Mt. Vernon, signed Thompson. Letters of F. Hopkinson Smith, Governor McClurg to Francis B. Hayes, Charles P. Johnson to M.C. Wetmore, Clinton B. Fisk to Colonel Stephens of Boonville, Chauncey Filley reflecting on emancipation and Missouri in the 1860s, Oscar W. Collet. |
| v. 13.1 | Scrapbook - Section 1, 1856-1878. Scrapbook of Joseph R. Meeker, St. Louis artist, divided into two sections, each with a table of contents. Newspaper clippings of selections from poets and authors Meeker had known, St. Louis Art Notes, obituary of Ralph N.Wornum, lectures by Albert Todd, C.V. Riley, and Henry D. Barron. Printed lecture on culture by L.F. Soldan. Handwritten page describing organization of Missouri Militia and Halleck Guards, 1862. Miscellaneous article topics: Nicaragua, W.P. Brannan’s “Harp of a Thousand Days” manuscript, elementary and female education for teachers, divorce, life in hotels, centennial exposition, morality of the press, blacks of Louisiana, art schools in Paris, editorial convention in Milwaukee. |
| v. 13.2 | Scrapbook - Section 2, 1847-1884. News clippings of Meeker’s correspondence from Buffalo, New York (1849); Louisville, Kentucky (1854-1859); and Minnesota (1873-1884). St. Louis Civil War articles on suppression of State Journal, troop movements, U.S. Arsenal, battle at Springfield, Fort Donaldson prisoners, Halleck Guards’ trip up the Missouri, bushwhackers, and Essex Guards. Articles on art, artists, exhibits, dealers, collectors, and art clubs and societies of 1870s; T. Buchanan Read; Benton statue in Lafayette Square; Pacific Railroad excursion (1868); miscellaneous articles and poetry. |
| v. 14 | Scrapbook, 1875-1896. News clippings, letters and programs on dramatic and literary readings and entertainments by W. Fulton Miller for St. Louis church groups, social events, and meetings. Miscellaneous news clippings. Obituary of John A. Allen. “Ladies Department” articles. Table of contents. |
| v. 15 | Scrapbook, 1887-1923. Newspaper clippings of death notices; obituaries for members of the Picot, Butler, Thompson, Halligan, Bissell, Chopin, Harrison, Loughborough, Reinhard, Ware, and related families; Elmer E. Thompson-Adele Picot marriage; Elmer E. Thompson’s gun accident and death; St. Louis Bar Association’s resolutions and speeches on death of Louis G. Picot; Picot’s tower; graduating exercises of the St. Louis Medical and Missouri Dental Colleges. Portrait illustrations. Handwritten poems signed HCD and EWW. Death notices of Kate Chopin, writer of stories on Creole life in Louisiana, and Dr. Charles T. Remme. Table of contents. |
| v. 16 | Scrapbook, 1856-1899. Newspaper clippings and engravings covering military, political, gubernatorial, and ex-gubernatorial career of Thomas C. Fletcher. Pre-Civil War days through reconstruction in Missouri. Pamphlets on railroads, radical democracy, and “Ladies Repository.” 1860 Republican presidential election ticket. Printed governor’s proclamation and message to general assembly, 1866. Table of contents.
Articles on Radical Republican politics, mass meetings, election campaigns, and issues; statistical listing of Missouri slaves and slave owners; battle plan and siege of Vicksburg with list of wounded; Civil War battles; ousting of Missouri Supreme Court judges; and suffrage. |
| v. 17 | Scrapbook, 1870-1877. Newspaper clippings of nationwide railroad strike of 1877; riots and riot control in St. Louis, Pittsburgh and other cities; labor forces; mayors’ and governors’ proclamations; citizen soldiers; communism in St. Louis. Miscellaneous articles and poems. Engraving of Four Courts, St. Louis. Table of contents for poetry. No index for strike clippings. |
| v. 18 | Scrapbook, 1862-1877. Continuation of clippings on railroad strike and its aftermath; labor leaders; communism; history of riots and strikes; military rosters. Portrait illustrations. Articles by foreign correspondents. Anecdotes of political and other famous figures of the period. Miscellaneous articles and topics. |
| v. 19 | Scrapbook, 1859-1873. Newspaper clippings and engravings including death and funeral notices, biographical sketches, anecdotes, and articles on famous and influential individuals of the period. Other miscellaneous articles. Table of contents. Engravings of the Lindell Hotel fire, Monticello Ladies Seminary, a Turkish girl, C.G. Halpine. Articles of women’s suffrage, Monticello Female Academy, McKendree College, St. Louis cemeteries, Burr-Hamilton duel, interview with D.H. Strother, impeachment and politics (1868), alcoholics, gambling, modern woman, fashion, diets, makeup, British periodicals, Kaskaskia, New York theater, D.C. Broderick, George Dennison Prentice, Schuyler Colfax, Mrs. John C. Fremont, Adah Isaacs Menken, Joseph Hooker, and others. |
| v. 20 | Scrapbook, 1861-1864. General and Special Orders of the Civil War; circulars; Governor Gamble’s proclamation; Civil War poem; pass issued to Thomas J. McKean. Signatures of John C. Kelton, William T. Clark, Thomas J. McKean, John Gray, and C.S. Hampton on some orders. Related news clippings describe river commerce, black labor, McKean, St. Louis Soldiers’ Hospital, draft regulations, and courts-martial. Index at end of volume almost illegible. Content of orders only is indexed. Majority of orders are from Missouri. Some orders are in pamphlet form; others are news clippings. |
| v. 21 | Scrapbook, 1858-1877. Newspaper clippings (1858), of Louisville theater reviews cover performances of dramatic and comic actors and actresses, opera singers, minstrels, and opera troupes including the Strakosch Opera Troupe, the Wallachs, Mr. Booth, Karl Formes, James Murdock, John Drew, James Anderson, Adah Isaacs Menken, Avonia Jones, Maggie Mitchell, and others. Newspaper clippings (1877), covering controversy owing to publication of letter written by Samuel A. Coale, Jr., St. Louis, in the New York World warning art dealers and collectors against western expositions and art collections shown at annual fairs. Interviews with prominent St. Louis artists including Joseph H. Meeker and A.J. Conant; letters to the editor of the Globe Democrat on art and art education in St. Louis. |
INDEX TERMS
These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.
- "Beppo"
- "Billy Vidkins," 1850s
- "Jenks"
- "Peggy Prides' Journal"
- "Plume"
- "Texas War Records and Their Collection," 1919
- A. and G. Way, Printers, 1806
- A.S. Barnes and Company, 1852
- Abbott, Wiley J.
- Abby, Richard
- Abolitionists
- Academy of Science of St. Louis
- Actions and defenses
- Actors and actresses, 1800s-1890s
- Adams Express Company, Bill of Lading, 1908
- Adams, Cassilly
- Adams, George C.
- Adams, John (1735-1826)
- Adams, Josh
- Adriance, Isaac
- Adult Education, 1850s
- Advertising
- Africa
- African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1860-1874
- Agricultural machinery, 1850s
- Agriculture, 1850s
- Agriculture--Bibliography
- Aitken, R.
- Aitken, Robert
- Alabama, Bibliography
- Alabama, Florida and Georgia Railroad Company, 1848
- Alaska Fur Company
- Alaska, Bibliography
- Albert, Anselme
- Albrecht, John B. (1821- )
- Alchemy
- Alcoholics
- Alden, Charles H.
- Alexander, Archer
- Alexander, Augustus W.
- Alexander, Joshua H.
- Alfred Mudge and Son, Boston, 1861
- Alis and Pesek, 1863
- Allen family
- Allen, Albert Otis (1844-1926)
- Allen, Beverly (1800-1845)
- Allen, Henry Watkins (1820-1866)
- Allen, Jack
- Allen, James
- Allen, John A.
- Allen, L. L.
- Allen, McCarter and Company, 1845
- Allen, Thomas M.
- Allen, William
- Allison, Nathaniel
- Allsman, Andrew
- Almanacs, Bibliography, 1915-1927
- Altona (Packet)
- Alvarez, Alonzo
- American Art Union, New York, 1851
- American Baptist Publication Society, 1922
- American Club of Paris, France, 1929
- American Dramatic Fund Association
- American Fur Company
- American Library Association
- American literature--Black authors
- American Museum of Natural History, New York City, Automation Writer, 1845
- American Negro Academy
- American Revolution
- American Revolution--Battle of Bunker Hill
- American Revolution--Bibliography
- American Revolution--Campaigns and battles
- American Revolution--Claims--Georgia
- American Revolution--Claims--Virginia
- American Revolution--Irish soldiers
- American Revolution--Pensions
- American Revolution--Songs and music
- Amerman, John W.
- Amusements, 19th century
- Andaman Islands, Native Tribes
- Anderson, Galusha
- Anderson, Hans Christian
- Anderson, James
- Anderson, S. J. P.
- Anderson, William P.
- Andre, John (1751-1821)
- Andrew County Republican, 1874
- Andrew, Jackson
- Andrews, George Leonard (1828-1899)
- Andrews, Israel W.
- Andrews, John
- Anthon, Henry
- Anthropology
- Anti-Catholicism
- Apostles' Creed
- Applegate and Company, 1856
- Appleton, Thomas H.
- Apportionment (Election law)--Missouri, 1880s
- Archeology
- Archeology, England, 1850s
- Archer, Edwin
- Architecture, Bibliography
- Arctic regions
- Arctic regions--Bibliography
- Arkansas (Gunboat)
- Arkansas Gazette, 1920-1921
- Arkansas, Bibliography
- Arkansas, Washington County, 1849
- Armesto, Andres Lopez
- Arms and armor
- Armstrong, Eliza H.
- Armstrong, James
- Armstrong, James D.
- Armstrong, Samuel T.
- Armstrong, Verne C.
- Arnold family
- Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801)
- Arnold, Champe
- Arnold, Edmund S. F.
- Art, 19th century
- Art, Bibliography
- Art, German
- Art--Exhibitions--Missouri, St. Louis
- Arthur H. Clark Company, 1915
- Arthur, William
- Artists, 19th century
- Artists, Missouri
- Arts and crafts, 19th century
- Arts, 19th century
- Ashbrook, Thomas R.
- Ashley Building, St. Louis
- Ashley, George Herod
- Aspen, Lucy Henrietta ( -1857)
- Assassination
- Astronomy
- Atchison, David Rice (1807-1886)
- Athenaean Literary Society
- Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Company
- Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
- Atlee, William
- Attreimen, Ben
- Atwater, Joshua
- Austin, Ben W.
- Austin, Jonathan L.
- Austin, Moses (1761-1821)
- Austin, Stephen Fuller (1793-1836)
- Australia
- Authors, 1800's
- Authors, Missouri
- Authors--Georgia
- Autographs
- Automation
- Automation Writer, Sample of, 1845
- Avery, Saltmarsh and Company, 1837
- Ayres, Warren
- B. Crosby and Company, 1805
- Bache, Benjamin Franklin
- Bacon, Henry D.
- Bacon, Thomas
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- Bailey, Joseph
- Bailliere Brothers, 1862
- Baillor, Christian
- Baird, Robert
- Baker, Daniel
- Baker, E. D. (1811-1861)
- Baker, Goodwin and Company, Printers, 1853-1864
- Baker, Jesse
- Balch, Alfred
- Ballads, French
- Ballads, Missouri
- Ballard, Washington C. ( -1870)
- Bancroft, George (1800-1891)
- Bangs, Edward
- Banks and banking--Bibliography
- Banks and banking--Missouri, St. Louis
- Banner of Liberty, Fulton, Missouri, 1840
- Banvard, John
- Baptism
- Baptist Church
- Baptist Church, Southern Baptist Convention, 1845
- Baptist Church--Clergy, 19th century
- Baptist Church--Georgia
- Baptist Church--Kentucky
- Baptist Church--Missouri
- Baptist Church--Missouri, St. Louis
- Baptists, Missouri
- Barber, Thaddeus B.
- Barbour, Thomas
- Barclay, George
- Barker, David
- Barksdale, William H.
- Barnet, James
- Barnum Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
- Barny, Charles A.
- Barret, J. Richard
- Barron, Henry D.
- Barrow, Alexander
- Bartlett, Josiah
- Barton, David (1783-1837)
- Barton, Joshua
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- Bates, Edward (1793-1869)
- Bates, Frederick (1777-1825)
- Bates, George C.
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- Beard, Houghten
- Beasley, Joseph
- Beaumont, William
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- Becker, Augustus H.
- Becktold and Company
- Beckwith family
- Beckwourth, James P. (1798-1867)
- Beebe and Elkins, Printers, 1857
- Beecher and Quinby
- Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887)
- Belcher Sugar Refinery, St. Louis
- Belcher, William H.
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- Belknap, Jeremy
- Bell, James M.
- Bell, John (1797-1869)
- Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis
- Bellis, Berton
- Bellisseme, Alexander
- Bemis, Frank M.
- Benecke, Captain
- Benjamin, Judah Philip (1811-1884)
- Benjamin, Park (1809-1864)
- Bennett, James Gordon (1795-1872)
- Bennett, Rose
- Benoist, House
- Bense, William
- Bent, John
- Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858)
- Bethel Baptist Church
- Bethel Church
- Bethel Community, Shelby County, Missouri
- Bicycles and bicycling
- Biddle, Thomas
- Bierstadt, Eliza
- Big Foot Mike
- Bigelow, Timothy
- Billings, Gib
- Billion, Frederic L.
- Billon, Frederic L.
- Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879)
- Birch and Bowers Minstrels
- Birch, James H.
- Birch, Weston F.
- Bird family--Genealogy
- Birth rate
- Bischoff, George
- Bishop, Robert H.
- Bison
- Bissell family
- Bissell, W. H. (1811-1860)
- Bisset, Guillaume
- Bixby, W. K.
- Black Brigade of Cincinnati
- Black churches--Ohio
- Black deckhands
- Black laborers, 1870s
- Black minstrels
- Black musicians
- Black press
- Black Republicans
- Black schools--Ohio, Cincinnati
- Black soldiers
- Black songs
- Blackmail
- Blacks
- Blacks, 1850s
- Blacks, Louisiana
- Blacks--Bibliography
- Blacks--Housing--Missouri, St. Louis, 1890s
- Blacks--Missouri, St. Louis
- Blackwell, Anna
- Blackwell, John S.
- Blaine, James C.
- Blair and Rives, Printers, 1841
- Blair, Francis Preston
- Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (1821-1875)
- Blair, Frank P.
- Blake family--Genealogy
- Blake, George
- Blake, Patience White
- Blake, Samuel
- Blake, William
- Blanchard and Storrs
- Bland family
- Bland, Richard Parks (1835-1899)
- Blatchford family--Genealogy
- Blatchford, Samuel
- Blatchford, Thomas W.
- Blennerhassett, R. S.
- Blood, Sullivan
- Bloody Island
- Blossom, Henry M., Jr.
- Blow family
- Blow, Henry Taylor (1817-1875)
- Blow, John
- Blow, William T.
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- Blythe, James
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- Boernstein, Henry
- Boggs, Lilburn W. (1792-1860)
- Bogue, David
- Bogy, Lewis V. (1813-1877)
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- Book, Robert D.
- Bookbinding
- Booksellers and bookselling, 1840s
- Booksellers and bookselling, 20th century
- Books--Prices
- Books--Reviews
- Boon, Hampton L.
- Boone family--Genealogy
- Boone, Daniel (1734-1820)
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- Boone, Israel ( -1782)
- Boone, James
- Boone, Jemima (1762- )
- Boone, Jesse ( -1821)
- Boone, Nathan (1780-1856)
- Boone, Rebecca Bryan (1739-1813)
- Boone, Samuel
- Boone, Susanna
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- Boon's Lick Advertiser, 1819-1820
- Boon's Lick Times, 1840-1841
- Boonslick Democrat, Fayette, Missouri, 1837-1842
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- Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865)
- Booth, Junius Brutus (1796-1852)
- Border Warfare, Missouri-Kansas
- Bosley, Charles
- Boston Advertiser
- Boston Art Club, 1877
- Boston Globe
- Boston Press, 1832
- Botany--Bibliography
- Bott, Gussie (1887- )
- Bourgeoise, Anita Calvert
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- Bowles, Samuel
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- Bowlin, James B.
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- Bownan, Thomas
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- Boyd, Belle
- Boyd, James B.
- Boyd, Jos. B.
- Boyle family--Genealogy
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- Bridges--Missouri
- Bridges--Missouri, St. Louis
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- Bryan, Elijah
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- Burnett, George
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- Bush, George
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- Bushwhackers
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- Butler, Allen ( -1900)
- Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893)
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- Butler, John
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- C. Keemle, Harper and Brothers, Printers, New York, 1837
- C. S. Francis and Company, 1863
- C. Shermon and Son, Printers, 1862
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- Cabanne Mansion, St. Louis
- Cables--Submarine
- Cactus
- Cadmus Book Shop, New York, 1916
- Calhoun, John C. (1774-1853)
- California
- California, Bibliography
- Callaway, Flanders
- Callender, John
- Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
- Camden, Peter G. (1811- )
- Cameron, William
- Camp Chase, 1864
- Camp Douglas, 1864-1865
- Camp Jackson, Missouri
- Campbell families
- Campbell, Alexander ( -1906)
- Campbell, Jim
- Campbell, John I.
- Campbell, John P. (1866-1942)
- Campbell, L. D.
- Campbell, Robert
- Campbell, William Massillon (1806-1849)
- Canada, Bibliography
- Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg (1817-1873)
- Capewell and Kimmel, New York
- Capital Punishment
- Care, Henry
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- Carey, Mathew
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- Carlile, W. D.
- Carlton and Porter, New York, 1861
- Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)
- Carondelet Gas Works Company
- Carr, Bradbury
- Carr, Charley
- Carr, William C.
- Carroll family
- Carroll, Charles (1703-1783)
- Carroll, Joseph F.
- Carstang v. Shaw
- Carter and Wilkinson, Printers, 1798
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- Carter, Robert
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- Cartoons and caricatures
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- Catacombs, Paris, France
- Catholic Church--Missouri, St. Louis
- Catholic literature
- Catholics, 1870s
- Catholics--England
- Catholics--Missouri, St. Louis, 1840s
- Caulkins, Clara
- Cavell, Edith
- Cazeau, Francis
- Cedar Creek Meeting House, Callaway County, Missouri, 1827-1838
- Cemeteries--Missouri, St. Louis
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- Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, 1848
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- Central American War
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- Central Hotel, Jefferson City, Missouri
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- Charities
- Charities--Missouri, St. Louis
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- Chicago Historical Society, 1921
- Chicago Times
- Chicago World's Fair, 1893
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- Child, Jake
- Children
- Childs family--Genealogy
- Chillicothe Constitution, Chillicothe, Missouri, 1865
- China, 1850s
- China--Bibliography
- Chitwood, M. Louisa
- Choate, Rufus (1799-1859)
- Cholera
- Chopin family
- Chopin, Kate (1851-1904)
- Chopin, Oscar
- Chouteau family
- Chouteau, Charles Pierre (1819-1901)
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- Chouteau, René Auguste (1749-1829)
- Chouteau's Mill
- Chouteau's Pond
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- Christmas, 1850s-1860s
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- Christy, William
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- Church architecture
- Church architecture, Missouri, St. Louis
- Church entertainments
- Church history--Europe
- Church of Christ
- Church of the Messiah, St. Louis
- Churches, New York
- Churches, Bibliography
- Churches, Georgia, 1800s
- Churches, Kentucky
- Churches, Missouri
- Churches, Missouri, Boone County
- Churches, Missouri, St. Louis
- Churches, New York
- Churches, Rhode Island
- Churchill and Harris, Printers, 1840
- Churchill, James O.
- Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
- Cistercian Monks, IA
- Cities and towns--Missouri
- Citizens' Alliance, Houston, TX, 1920's
- City Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, 1830-1850
- Civil rights--Bibliography
- Civil War
- Civil War--Army of the Potomac
- Civil War--Army of the Tennessee
- Civil War--Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department, 1865
- Civil War--Artillery reports
- Civil War--Battle of Boonville
- Civil War--Battle of Centralia
- Civil War--Battle of Dalton
- Civil War--Battle of Independence
- Civil War--Battle of Pilot Knob
- Civil War--Battle of Spotsylvania, 1864
- Civil War--Battle of Springfield
- Civil War--Battle of Vicksburg
- Civil War--Battle of Wilson's Creek, 1861
- Civil War--Bibliography
- Civil War--Blockades
- Civil War--Camp Chase
- Civil War--Camp Jackson
- Civil War--Florida
- Civil War--General Orders
- Civil War--Georgia
- Civil War--German Home Guards, St. Louis
- Civil War--Guerillas
- Civil War--Illinois. Infantry, 33rd
- Civil War--Illinois. Militia
- Civil War--Kansas
- Civil War--Loyalty oaths
- Civil War--Medical and sanitary affairs
- Civil War--Military life
- Civil War--Mississippi, Circular, 1862
- Civil War--Missouri
- Civil War--Missouri River, 1862
- Civil War--Missouri, General Orders
- Civil War--Missouri, Lafayette County
- Civil War--Missouri, Monroe County
- Civil War--Missouri, Palmyra, 1862
- Civil War--Missouri, Pilot Knob
- Civil War--Missouri, Special Orders
- Civil War--Missouri, St. Louis
- Civil War--Missouri--Order Number 11
- Civil War--Nebraska--General orders
- Civil War--Passes
- Civil War--Poetry
- Civil War--Prisoners and prisons
- Civil War--Prisoners and prisons
- Civil War--Recruiting
- Civil War--Red Legs
- Civil War--Rosters
- Civil War--Songs and music
- Civil War--Special orders
- Civil War--Tennessee--General Orders
- Civil War--Texas Brigade
- Civil War--Transportation
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- Classical literature
- Clay family--Genealogy
- Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903)
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- Clocks and watches
- Clothing and dress, 1850s-1860s
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- Coal miners
- Coale, Samuel A., Jr.
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- Coburger Tageblatt
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- Coinage, 18th century
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- Colonization, Bibliography
- Colorado, Bibliography
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- Comedy, 19th century
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- Communism--Kentucky, Louisville
- Communism--Missouri, St. Louis, 1870s
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- Concerts, 1850s
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- Confederate money
- Confederate Newspapers
- Confederate Soldiers Widows and Orphans Home and School
- Confederate States of America, Missouri
- Confederate States of America. Cabinet
- Confederate sympathizers
- Confederate sympathizers--Missouri
- Confederates, Bibliography
- Confederates, Missouri
- Connecticut, Bibliography
- Connecticut. State Library, Hartford, 1921
- Connecticut. Volunteers, 9th Regiment
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- Conservatism
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- Cooper, William, Mrs.
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- Copyright
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- Corruption in politics
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- Costume, 1850s
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- Courts--Missouri, St. Louis, 1804-1866
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- Cowdery, Oliver
- Cowhands--Bibliography
- Cox, Cyrenus (1798- )
- Coyle, James F.
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- Cracker Neck Boys
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- Creoles
- Creve Coeur Lake, Missouri
- Crime--Missouri, St. Louis
- Crime--Missouri, St. Louis, 19th century
- Criminals, Missouri, St. Louis
- Crittenden, John Jordan (1787-1863)
- Crittenden, Thomas Theodore (1832-1909)
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- Cuba, 1850s
- Cuba, 1897
- Cuba, Bibliography
- Cuba--Social life and customs
- Cullinane, Jeremiah
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- Dacons, Frank
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- Dairying
- Dakota Territory--Bibliography
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- Dancers
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- de Wilhorst, Madame
- Dead Sea
- Death
- Death Valley, 1849
- Deavors, Stone
- DeBar, Ben
- Debts, Public, 1877
- Dee, Frank
- Dee, Homer
- DeFranca, Manuel Joahcim (1808-1865)
- Delaney, Lucy A.
- Delaroche, Paul
- Delassus, Carlos Dehault (1767-1842)
- Delaware, Bibliography
- DeLeba, Don Fernando
- DeLeyba, Governor
- Democracy of St. Louis, 1848
- Democratic Club, Sedalia, Missouri, 1905
- Democratic National Conventions, 1844-1856
- Democratic Party, 1838-1896
- Democratic Party, 19th century
- Democratic Party, 19th century
- Democratic Party, Illinois, 1856-1860
- Democratic Party, Missouri, 1856
- Democratic Party, Missouri, St. Louis
- Democratic Republican Association
- Democratic State Convention--Missouri, 1856
- Democratic Whig Party, New York, 1854-1856
- Denbinski, Countess
- Denegri, Gaspard
- Denin, Susan
- Dent family
- Dent, Fred
- Derby and Jackson, 1857
- Derby, Bradley and Company, 1847
- Desha, Joseph (1768-1842)
- Deshields, James T.
- DeSmet, Pierre Jean (1801-1873)
- Desmond, William
- Detectives, Missouri, St. Louis, 1902
- Devil
- Dewey, C. P.
- Dexter, Franklin
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- Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
- Dickinson, John W.
- Dickson and Pescud., Printers, 1804
- Dickson, Charles K. (1871- )
- Didaskalia, 1848
- Dierkes, Bernard
- Diet, 1860s
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- Dillaye, Stephen D.
- Dillon, John
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- Dimmock, Charles W.
- Diseases, 1840s
- District of Columbia, Bibliography
- Divorce
- Divorce, 1882-1890s
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- Dockery, Alexander Monroe (1845-1926)
- Dodd, Samuel Morris
- Dodridge, Philip
- Doff, John D.
- Doherty, David J.
- Donelson, John
- Dongan, Thomas (1634-1715)
- Doniphan, Alexander W. (1808-1887)
- Donovan, John, Jr.
- Dorr and Butterfield, 1834
- Dorris family
- Dorris, Tom ( -1895)
- Dorriss, George P.
- Dorriss, George P., Mrs.
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- Dorsey, Mary
- Dos Passos, John (1896-1970)
- Doty, William M.
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- Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895)
- Douglass, H. Ford
- Douglass, Walter B.
- Dousman, Hercules F. ( -1886)
- Downey, William Scott
- Drake, Charles D. (1811-1892)
- Drake, Samuel G.
- Drama, 1800s
- Drama, 1850s
- Drama, 1870s
- Dramatic Criticism, 1881
- Dreams
- Dred Scott Decision, 1857
- Drew, John (1827-1862)
- Drug abuse
- Drug stores--Missouri, St. Louis, 19th century
- Druids and Druidism
- Drummond, Harrison L.
- Drummond, James T.
- Drury College, Springfield, Missouri
- Drury, Samuel Fletcher
- Dryden family
- Dryden, Alma Henning
- Dryden, J. Walenstein
- Dryden, Judge
- Dryden, Nat C. (1849-1896)
- Duane, William
- Dueling
- Duffy, Charles Gavan
- Dula, Robert B.
- Dumas and Lawyer, Printers, 1852
- Dumas Apartment Building, Columbia, Missouri, 1910
- Dunbar, Reuben
- Duncan family--Genealogy
- Duncan, Lewis
- Duncan, R. S.
- Duncan, Robert
- Dunigan, Edward
- Dunn, Milton
- Dupuy family--Genealogy
- Dupuy, Bartholomew
- Duran, Carolus
- Durivage, Francis A.
- Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, Boston, 1833
- Dwarfs, 1800s
- Dwight, Timothy
- Dyer, George
- Dyer, Leonidas J.
- Dyer, Sidney
- Dyer's News Letter, 1897
- E. C. Markley and Son, Printers, 1865
- E. Cowles and Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1859
- E. Morgan and Son, Publishers, 1828
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- E. W. Stephens Publishing Company
- Eads, James Buchanan (1820-1887)
- Eagles, 1855
- Eames, Wilberforce
- Earthquakes--New Madrid, 1812
- Easel, Bill
- Eastburn, John H.
- Eastin, Lucian J.
- Easton, Rufus (1774-1834)
- Eaton, John, Jr.
- Eaton, Wyatt (1849- )
- Eclipses, Solar, 1806
- Ecole des Beaux Arts
- Economic conditions--Bibliography
- Edes, Benjamin
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- Edgar family--Genealogy
- Edgell, George S.
- Edgell, Stephen M.
- Education, Compulsory
- Education--Elementary, 19th century
- Edward Kellogg and Company
- Edwards and Bushnell, Booksellers, St. Louis, 1855-1856
- Edwards and Knibb, 1820
- Edwards, Amelia B.
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- Egypt
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- Elderly
- Elderly--Housing, 1890s
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- Election, 1824
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- Election, 1896
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- Elections--Statistics, 19th century
- Elevany, William W.
- Elevators, Missouri, St. Louis, 1890s
- Elias and Thomas, Printers, 1819
- Eliot, Chancelior
- Eliot, Edward
- Eliot, John
- Eliot, William G.
- Ellet family
- Ellet, John I.
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- Elliott, John D.
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- Emancipation of slaves--Missouri
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- English Opera Company, 1858
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- Engraving
- Engraving--Missouri, St. Louis, 1840s-1850s
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- Environment--Missouri, St. Louis, 1892
- Episcopal Church--Bibliography
- Episcopal Church--Missouri, St. Louis
- Epitaphs
- Erskine, David Montagu
- Espionage, French
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- Estates
- Esthetics--Bibliography
- Etiquette, 19th century
- Europe, 1867-1877
- Euthanasia
- Evangelistic work
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- Everett, Alexander H.
- Everett, Edward (1794-1854), Signature
- Everett, Edward (1794-1865)
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- Ewing family
- Ewing, Finis (1773-1841)
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- Ewing, Thomas (1829-1896)
- Ex Confederate Women's Relief Corps, 1905
- Explosives, 1870s
- Extradition, Illinois and Missouri, 1840s
- Facklen, John G.
- Fairleigh, William G.
- Family life, 1850s-1860s
- Farley, Frederick A.
- Farm produce--Marketing, 1890s
- Farris, John H.
- Fashion, 19th century
- Fauntleroy, P. W.
- Featherstonhaugh, George William (1780-1866)
- Fee Fee Baptist Church
- Feeks and Bancker, Publishers, 1863
- Feleky, Charles
- Ferguson, Phil
- Fern, Fanny
- Fernald family--Genealogy
- Ferries
- Ferris, Benjamin
- Ferris, Robert
- Fetridge and Company, Publishers, 1854
- Fiction, 19th century
- Fiddlers
- Field family
- Field, Eugene (1850-1895)
- Field, Stephen J.
- Filley, Chauncey Ives (1829-1923)
- Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)
- Fillmore, Nathaniel
- Finan, Bernard F.
- Fink, Mike
- Finnegan, John H.
- Fire fighters
- Fire fighting
- Firearms
- Firearms--Bibliography
- Fires--Missouri, St. Louis, 1848-1892
- Fish, Clinton B.
- Fish, Daniel
- Fisher, E. Burke
- Fisheries
- Fisk, Clinton Bowen (1828-1890)
- Fiske, Oliver
- Fitch, J. M.
- Fitzpatrick, William
- Flagg, Judge
- Flags--Confederate States of America
- Flags--Songs and music
- Flags--United States
- Fletcher, Clement B. ( -1870)
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- Flood Control, 1892
- Flood, Charles B.
- Floods, 1844
- Floods, 1858
- Floods, 1892
- Floods, Massachusetts, 1874
- Floods, Missouri
- Floods--Disaster relief, 1892
- Florida, Bibliography
- Flour--Prices, 1840s
- Flower arrangement
- Flowers, Drying
- Folk dancing, Black
- Folk medicine
- Folk, Joseph Wingate (1869-1923)
- Foote, William E.
- Ford family
- Ford, Bob
- Ford, Charles
- Ford, Edward E.
- Ford, Mary A. "Una" ( -1876)
- Ford, Nicholas (1833-1897)
- Ford, Robert
- Forgery
- Forgery, 1818
- Forman, George
- Formes, Karl (1816-1889)
- Forrest, Edwin
- Forsyth, John ( -1841)
- Fort Erie
- Fort Monroe, VA, 1861
- Fort Orleans, Missouri
- Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, GA
- Fort Warren, Boston Harbour
- Fortification
- Fortin, Michael
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- Foster, Benjamin
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- Fourth of July
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- Fowler family
- Fowler, Mary
- Fowler, Philip
- Fox, Della
- Foxcroft, Thomas
- Foy, John J.
- Foy, Robert D.
- France, 1850s
- France, Paris, 1877
- France. Army List
- France--Foreign relations--Germany
- France--History--1789-1799, Revolution--Bibliography
- France--Moral conditions, 1870s
- France--Politics and government, 1870s
- France--Social life and customs
- Francis Bailey, Printer, 1782
- Francis, Charles S.
- Frankfort Company
- Franklin and Hall, Printers
- Franklin Avenue Guards
- Franklin Hudson Publishing Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1906
- Franklin Society of St. Louis, 1837
- Franklin, Paul
- Fraternities and sororities
- Free Blacks--Missouri
- Free Press Office, 1833
- Free Soil Party
- Free trade and protection, 1830s
- Freedom Church, Montgomery County, Missouri, 1842
- Freedom of the press
- Freegard family
- Free-Lovers Camp, Lawrence, MA, 1870s
- Freeman, James T.
- Freemasons
- Freemasons, Bibliography
- Freligh, John S.
- Fremont, Jessie Benton (1824-1902)
- Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890)
- French Americans
- French Legion of Honor
- Freyschlag, Edward
- Frink and Watkin's Concord Stages
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life--Bibliography
- Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri
- Frost, D. M.
- Fugitives from justice, Illinois and Missouri, 1840s
- Fuller, George F.
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- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Funeral rites and ceremonies, 1860s
- Fur trade
- Furniture Stores, 1849
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- G. W. Brainard and Company
- G. W. Carleton and Company, 1862
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- Gad's Hill Place
- Gaillard, David DuBose
- Gale and Cleveland, Printers, Ohio, 1850
- Gales and Seaton, 1840
- Galpin, George
- Galt House, 1859
- Galvin, John
- Gamble, Archibald (1791-1866)
- Gamble, Hamilton Rowan (1798-1864)
- Gambling, Missouri, St. Louis, 1857-1892
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- Garvey, Richard
- Gasconade Bridge Disaster, 1855
- Gast, Leopold
- Gatling Guns, 1877
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- Gazette Publishing Company, Little Rock, AR, 1920
- Gazette Steam Printing House, Cincinnati, OH, 1863
- Gazetteers, 1837
- Gearnon, George
- Geary, John
- Gebhardt, Freddy
- Geddes, William
- Gems
- Genealogy, Bibliography
- Gentry family
- Gentry, Nick
- Gentry, Todd
- Geology
- Geology, Bibliography
- Geology, Kentucky, 1847
- George II (1683-1760)
- George Knapp and Company, Printers and Binders, 1858-1866
- Georgia, Bibliography
- Georgia, Savannah, 1860s
- Gerard and Berry, Printers, 1815
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- German Americans--Missouri
- German Americans--Missouri, St. Louis
- German Americans--Pennsylvania
- German newspapers, 1850s
- German periodicals, 1848
- German press--Missouri, St. Louis, 1850s
- Germania Club, St. Louis, Missouri
- Germans--Illinois
- Germany, 1867
- Germany, Berlin, 1870s
- Germany--History--1848-1849, Revolution
- Gerome, Jean Leon
- Geronimo, Apache Indian (1829-1909)
- Gerould, James Thayer (1872-1951)
- Geyer, Henry Sheffie (1790-1859)
- Ghosts--Fiction, 19th century
- Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1876
- Gibson, William
- Giddinger, George P.
- Giddings, Salmon
- Gideon and Company, 1850
- Gideon, G. S.
- Gideon, J.
- Gilbert, Alf.
- Gilead Meeting House, Boone County, Missouri, 1833-1846
- Gillespie, Joseph
- Gillilland, James
- Gilman, Samuel
- Gipson, Robert (1765-1884)
- Gittman's Book Shop, Columbia, SC, 1922
- Gladden, Jerrad
- Glasgow Weekly Times, Glasgow, Missouri
- Glass manufacture
- Glattfelder, Gasper
- Gleason, Benjamin
- Glemmitt, William H.
- Glenn, Joseph E.
- Glenwood, Ida
- Glover, E.
- Glover, Samuel T. (1813-1884)
- Gmelich, Jacob F. (1839-1914)
- Goddard, William
- Godey's Ladies Book
- Gold Mines and Mining
- Gold Mines and Mining--California, 1840s
- Gold rush, 1849
- Gold rush, 1852
- Gold rush--California
- Gold rush--Songs and music
- Golden, Peter
- Goodell, C. L.
- Goodfellow, Joseph A. (1814- )
- Goodrich, Hiram P.
- Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889
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- Goodwin, J. West (1836- )
- Goodyear family--Genealogy
- Goshen Church, Boone County, Missouri, 1844
- Gould Company, 1908
- Grafton and Coos Advertiser
- Graham, James
- Graham, John A.
- Graham, William H.
- Grand Grove of V. A. O. D., 1873-1902
- Grand juries--Missouri, St. Louis
- Grand River
- Grand River News, 1865
- Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885)
- Grantland and Orme, 1831
- Grapel, W.
- Gratiot family
- Gratiot, Charles (1752-1817)
- Gratiot, Henry (1789- )
- Grattan, Henry
- Graves, Marks and Rutland, 1855
- Gray, James
- Gray, John
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- Gray, Ruth C.
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- Great American Prayer League
- Great Britain, 1841-1861
- Great Britain. House of Commons, 1830
- Great Britain. House of Lords, 1877
- Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
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- Greenback Party, 1870s
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- Guerrillas
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- Guitar, Odon (1825-1908)
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- Gunn, O. B.
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- Habersham, Richard W.
- Hackett, James H. (1800-1871)
- Hackney, Aaron A.
- Hagg, James
- Hair and hairdressing, 1860s
- Hale, Nathan
- Hale, Robert
- Haley, Thomas
- Hall family--Genealogy
- Hall of ChouteauValley Singing Society, 1877
- Hall, D.
- Hall, J. Prescott
- Hall, Samuel
- Hall, Willard Preble (1820-1882)
- Hallar, Bill
- Halleck Guards
- Halleck, Fitz-Greene (1790-1867)
- Halleck, Henry W. (1815-1872)
- Halliday, Mary Josephine Harrison (1862-1911)
- Halligan family
- Halligan, Fanny Butler ( -1900)
- Halligan, James
- Halligan, Richard Graham ( -1901)
- Halpine, Charles G. (1829-1868)
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- Hamback, Doctor
- Hamback, Professor
- Hamblin, Isaac
- Hambright's Tavern
- Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804)
- Hamilton, Andrew Jackson (1815-1875)
- Hamilton, Edward W.
- Hamilton, Thomas
- Hammel, Jennie E.
- Hammond family--Genealogy
- Hammond Mansion, St. Louis, Missouri
- Hammond, Allen
- Hammond, Benjamin
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- Hammond, Gardiner
- Hammond, S. H.
- Hammond, William
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- Harper's Weekly
- Harper's Weekly, 1850s
- Harper's Weekly, Art Department, 1867
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- Harris, Judge
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- Harrison, Mary Josephine (1862-1911)
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- Hart, Charles
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- Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, Library, 1918-1927
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- Hathaway, Ichabod
- Haupt, Herman
- Haven, Alice B.
- Haven, John P.
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- Hawkins, Judge
- Hawkins, Mary E.
- Hawkins, Samuel
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- Hawks, Francis L.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
- Hay, John
- Hayes, Francis B.
- Hayes, John
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- Hayne, Julia Dean
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- Hays and Thompson, Printers, Chicago, IL, 1856
- Hays, Upton
- Hazard, Ebenezer
- Hazen, Allen
- Health resorts, spas, etc.
- Health, 1867-1877
- Heard, Stephen
- Hearne family
- Heartt, Dennis
- Heath, Frederick
- Heiskell, John
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- Hemans, Felicia
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- Hempstead, Edward
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- Henderson, David
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- Henkle and Logan, Printers, 1840
- Hennigar, James
- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, 1928
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- Henry, Isaac N.
- Henry, John
- Henry, William
- Herald, Boonville, Missouri, 1834
- Herald, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1860s
- Herald, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1875
- Heraldry
- Herd, William
- Herkomer, Hubert
- Herrich, Sam E.
- Hester, Mike
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
- High Street Presbyterian Church
- Hildebrandt, Charley
- Hilderbrand, Samuel S.
- Hildreth, Richard
- Hilgard, Thomas
- Hill, Bill
- Hill, Britton A.
- Hill, D. H. (1821-1889)
- Hill, David B.
- Hill, Frederick
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- Hilliard and Metcalf, 1809
- Hines family
- Hinman, Elisha W.
- Hinssen, L.
- Hirsch, Samuel
- Hisey, Rufus
- Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, 1920
- Historical fiction
- Hitchcock, Ethan Allen
- Hite, Wood
- Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
- Hodgkins, William H.
- Hogan and Heiss (Printers), 1843
- Hogan, John
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- Hole in the Wall, St. Louis, 1845-1896
- Holland, Robert A.
- Holmes, Nath V.
- Holmes, Nathaniel
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
- Holmes, Samuel
- Holsey, L. H. (1842- )
- Holt County Agricultural and Mechanical Association
- Holt, John
- Homicide
- Homosexuality, 1890s
- Honduras
- Honduras, Bibliography
- Hooker, Herman
- Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879)
- Hooker, Olivia Groesbeck
- Hopkins, Henry
- Hornbeck, Mike
- Horne, Melville
- Horticulture--Exhibitions
- Hoshour, Samuel K.
- Hospitals, Military--Missouri, St. Louis
- Hospitals, Missouri, 1860s
- Hostelries, St. Louis, Missouri
- Hotel Austin, Potosi, Missouri, 1905
- Hotels, Missouri, St. Louis
- Houck, Louis (1840-1925)
- Household employees
- Houses, Massachusetts, 1850s
- Houses--Missouri, St. Louis
- Houston family--Genealogy
- Houston, Sam (1793-1863)
- Houston, Tine C.
- Houx, Matt
- Howard, Richard
- Howe, John
- Howell, Edward
- Howison, George Holmes (1834-1916)
- Hoyt, J. Gibson
- Hubbard, Paul
- Huber, John B. (1825- )
- Hudson, Jay William (1874-1958)
- Hudson, Walter S.
- Hughes and Company (Printers, Philadelphia, PA, 1853)
- Hughes, John T.
- Huguenots--Genealogists
- Hull and Brothers, Printers, 1858
- Hull, George C.
- Hume family
- Hume, John F.
- Hume, John Robert
- Humphrey, George P.
- Humphrey, Heman
- Humphreys, Bob
- Humphreys, Daniel
- Hungary, 1848
- Hungary--History
- Hunt, Holman
- Hunt, James H.
- Hunt, Leigh
- Hunt, Lucy Branding
- Hunt, Tardiff and Company, 1832
- Hunter, John D.
- Huntington, Henry E.
- Huntington, Joseph D.
- Husmann, George
- Husslein, Joseph
- Huston, Samuel P.
- Hutchins, James R.
- Hutchinson, Carter
- Huxley, Professor
- Hyde, William
- Hymns
- I. Riley and Company
- Ibez (Ferry)
- Ice
- Ice skating, 1850s
- Idaho, Bibliography
- Illinois National Guards, 1877
- Illinois, Alton 1835-1848
- Illinois, Bibliography
- Illinois, Butler
- Illinois, Cairo. Board of Health, Quarantine Regulations, 1878
- Illinois, Chicago--Fires and fire prevention
- Illinois, Decatur
- Illinois, Kaskaskia
- Illinois, Kaskaskia Commons
- Illinois, Kaskaskia, Church Records
- Illinois, Militia, 1877
- Illinois. General Assemblies, 1826-1890
- Illinois. Governor, 1844
- Illinois. Governor, 1853-1857
- Illinois. Legislatures, 1856-1860
- Illinois. State Historical Library
- Illinois. State Historical Society Annual Meeting, 1907
- Illinois--Politics and government, 1856-1860
- Illman and Sons, Engravers
- Immigration and emigration
- Impeachments
- Inauguration, Gubernatorial, Missouri, 1865
- Independent Patriot, Jackson, Missouri, 1825-1844
- India, Kupoorthulla
- Indian Agencies
- Indian trade
- Indian trade, 1765
- Indiana, Bibliography
- Indians, 1849
- Indians, Bibliography
- Indians, Cherokee
- Indians, Choctaw
- Indians, Creek
- Indians, Crow
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- Indians, Inca
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- Indians, Sioux
- Indians, Winnebago
- Indians--Attacks--Missouri, St. Louis
- Indians--Legends
- Indians--Reservations--New York
- Inland Monthly
- Inland navigation
- Inness, George
- Inquests, Missouri, St. Louis, 1880s
- Insects
- Insurance, 1800s
- Internal improvements, Missouri, 1836-1848
- Inventions
- Iowa, Bibliography
- Ireland
- Ireland, Bibliography
- Irish Americans
- Irish Americans--Missouri, St. Louis
- Iron Mountain Railroad
- Iron ores--Missouri
- Irving, Washington (1783-1859)
- Isaac N. Henry and Company, Printers, 1820
- Isabella, Queen of Spain (1451-1504)
- Israel, Joseph
- Ives, Halsey Cooley (1846-1911)
- J. and G. S. Gideon, Printers, 1841-1845
- J. and W. Peters and Company, 1892
- J. B. Lippincott and Company, 1856-1861
- J. Clark and Company, Printers, 1836
- J. E. Farwell and Company, Printers, 1863
- J. H. Schwaske and Company, 1846
- J. J. Toon and Company, 1863
- J. M. Fitch's Power Press, 1849
- J. Walter and Company, 1864
- Jackson Eagle, Jackson, Missouri, 1832
- Jackson family
- Jackson Mercury and Cape Girardeau Farmer, Jackson, Missouri, 1831
- Jackson, Albert
- Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
- Jackson, Claiborne Fox (1806-1862)
- Jackson, Hancock Lee (1796-1876)
- Jacksonian Convention, 1828
- Jails--Missouri, St. Louis
- James F. Drake, Incorporated, New York, 1918
- James family
- James Munroe and Company, 1837-1854
- James Wilson, Printers, 1831
- James, Frank (1844-1915)
- James, Jesse Woodson (1847-1882)
- James, R.
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- Jameson, John
- Japan
- Jarvis Pike and Company, 1833
- Jayhawkers
- Jefferson Barracks
- Jefferson Barracks, 1872
- Jefferson Barracks, 1892
- Jefferson Enquirer, 1841-1842
- Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
- Jeffersonian Republican, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1839-1844
- Jeffersonian, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1826-1841
- Jemison, Mary ( -1833)
- Jenkins and Glover, Printers, 1833
- Jenkins, Thornton
- Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921)
- Jester, David, Jr.
- Jewett, Daniel T. (1807- )
- Jews
- Jews--Bibliography
- Jews--Missouri, St. Louis
- John Barleycorn, 1850s
- John Bull
- John E. Scopes and Company, 1909
- John Geary and Son, 1857
- John Murphy and Company, Printers, 1850-1863
- John P. Morton and Company, 1884
- John Penington and Son, Philadelphia, PA, 1860-1861
- John Wilson and Son, 1866-1869
- Johnes family--Genealogy
- Johnneycake, Charles
- Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
- Johnson, Charles P.
- Johnson, Herschel V. (1812-1880)
- Johnson, J. B.
- Johnson, Jackson
- Johnson, John B.
- Johnson, L.
- Johnson, Waldo Porter (1817-1885)
- Johnson's Island, OH
- Johnston and Stockton, Printers, 1826
- Johnston, Albert Sidney (1806-1862)
- Johnston, Carle
- Johnston, John Taylor
- Johnston, Richard H.
- Johnston, Virginia
- Johnston's Royal Rangers
- Jones, Avonia
- Jones, Charles
- Jones, Charles Colcock
- Jones, David
- Jones, Edward C.
- Jones, Edward D.
- Jones, Holland
- Jones, Seaborn (1788-1874)
- Jones, William Claude
- Jones, William D.
- Joseph C. Norwood, Book and Job Printer, 1828
- Journal, Louisville, KY
- Journalism
- Journalists, 19th century
- Judges
- Judges--Missouri, St. Louis
- Justices of the peace--Missouri, St. Louis, 1857-1961
- Juvenile Delinquency, Missouri, Kerry Patch
- Kansas City Journal, 1896-1904
- Kansas City Star, 1902-1903
- Kansas Territory, 1850s
- Kansas, Bibliography
- Kansas--Statehood
- Kayser, Alexander
- Kearney, Belle ( -1939)
- Kearney, Philip (1814-1862)
- Keeble, Walter
- Keelboats
- Keemle and Field, Printers, St. Louis, Missouri, 1847
- Keemle, Charles
- Keil, William (1812-1877)
- Keith and Woods, (1852-1856)
- Keith, James
- Kellogg, Edward
- Kelly family
- Kelly, William D.
- Kelsey, Albert Warren
- Kelton, John C.
- Kemper College, St. Louis, Missouri
- Kemper family--Genealogy
- Kemper, Simeon (1799- )
- Kennard, John
- Kennett, Luther M. (1807-1873)
- Kenrick, Peter Richard (1806-1896)
- Kentucky Volunteers, 1812-1813
- Kentucky, Bibliography
- Kentucky, Frankfort, 1859
- Kentucky, Hardin County, Circuit Court, Ward Trial, 1854
- Kentucky, Louisville
- Kentucky. General Assembly, 1850s
- Kentucky. Governor--Inauguration, 1859
- Ker, Leander
- Ketchum, James
- Kettell, Thomas Prentice
- Keuchle, Joseph (1808- )
- Key and Biddle
- Key, Francis Scott (1779-1843)
- Key, P. Barton
- Keyes, Julia L.
- Keys, Mr.
- Kimball family--Genealogy
- Kimball, David P.
- Kimball, Joseph
- King, Austin A. (1801-1870)
- King, Horatio
- King, John Pendleton (1799-1888)
- King, Rufus
- King, Thomas Butler (1800-1864)
- King, Walter
- King, Washington
- Kings Highway
- Kingston Meeting House, Boone County, Missouri, 1839
- Kinkston Meeting House, Boone County, Missouri, 1839
- Kinnaird, Harriet
- Kirby, Ellwood
- Kirk, Joseph B.
- Kirkwood, James P.
- Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan (1813-1894)
- Knaggs family--Genealogy
- Knapp, George (1814-1883)
- Knight, William H.
- Knights of Father Mathew, Bulletin, 1908
- Knott, John A.
- Know Nothing Party
- Knowles, Anthony and Company, Printers, 1860
- Knowles, Vose and Company, Printers, 1837
- Koener, Gustavus
- Koerner, Gustavus
- Kollor, John
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- Krauthoff, Edwin A.
- Kretschmar, Howard
- Kribben, Christian
- Krum, John M.
- Ku Klux Klan
- Kuhlenholter, Simon
- L. G. Dynes and Company, Indiana, 1864
- Labbadie, Silvester
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- Labor and laboring classes
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- Labor unions, 1870s
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- Laboulaye, Edouard
- Labusciere, Joseph
- Laclede
- Ladies Repository
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- Lafayette Hook and Ladder Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 1854-1858
- LaFayette, Marquis de (1757-1834)
- Lake Superior
- Lamay, Frank
- Lamb, George H.
- Lamb, Sarah S.
- Lampton family--Genealogy
- Land Claims
- Land Grants--Missouri, St. Louis
- Land, Edward C.
- Land, Missouri Territory
- Lander, Ellen
- Landis, Israel (1808- )
- Landon, Letitia Elizabeth
- Lane and Tippett, Publishers, 1848
- Lane, Jim
- Lane, William Carr (1789-1863)
- Lang, Stephen J.
- Langdon, Samuel
- Langston, C. H.
- Langston, John Mercer
- Language and languages
- Lanterman, Lizzie ( -1870)
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- Lathrop, Joseph
- Latin American Book Company, New York, 1909
- Launitz, Robert E.
- Lawhead, Benjamin
- Lawless, Luke E.
- Law--Missouri Territory
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- Lawson, Cecil G.
- Lawson, John Davison (1852-1921)
- Lawyers, Missouri, Andrew County, 1841
- Lawyers, Missouri, St. Louis
- Layman, Earle
- Le Poivre, M. le
- Leader, George
- Leap Year Club
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- Learned, John Calvin
- Leasure, James P.
- Lecompton Constitution
- Lee family
- Lee, Henry
- Lee, James Wideman (1849-1919)
- Lee, John ( -1876)
- Lee, Mann and Company, 1855
- Lee, Mary Ann Curtis
- Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870)
- Leeak, Ann E.
- Leffingwell, Herman W.
- Legends--Ireland
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- Legends--Missouri
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- Leggat, Alexander
- Leggett, William (1801-1839)
- Leigh, Watkins
- Leighton, Frederick
- Leland, John
- Leonard, Abiel (1797-1863)
- Leonard, Frederic
- Leopold Gast and Brother, 1855
- Lesochen Sons, St. Louis, Missouri
- Lesueur, Alexander A. (1842-1924)
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
- Lewis family
- Lewis, Fielding H.
- Lewis, Jimmie
- Lewis, John F.
- Lewis, Maud
- Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809)
- Lexington Weekly Union, 1865
- L'Hommedieu and Company, 1846
- Libel and slander
- Liberty Church, Callaway County, Missouri, 1847
- Liberty Gazette, 1850s
- Library resources--Conservation and restoration
- Liddle, Dick
- Liggett, John E.
- Ligon, Leonard W.
- Liguest, Peter de Laclede
- Liguest, Pierre Laclede
- Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Missouri
- Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
- Lincoln, Calvin
- Lincoln, Robert T.
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- Lindell, Peter (1776-1861)
- Lindsay family--Genealogy
- Lindslay, Philip
- Lindsley, Guy
- Link, Theodore
- Linn, Lewis Fields (1796-1843)
- Linton, M. L.
- Lippincott, Grambo and Company, 1854
- Lithography, 19th century
- Little Eagle (Packet)
- Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1862
- Little, Charles C.
- Little, Dick
- Liturgies
- Livermore, Emery
- Livingston, Edward (1764-1836)
- Livres Terriens
- Lloyd, James Tighlman (1857-1944)
- Loan, Benjamin Franklin (1819-1881)
- Lockwood, Samuel (1812- )
- Lodge, Hommedieu and Company, 1836
- Loeb, Isidor (1868-1954)
- Logan, John A.
- Lombard, James L.
- London Observer
- London Times, 1830s
- Long, Breckinridge (1881-1958)
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
- Longking, Joseph
- Longley Brothers, Printers, 1855
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Greene, 1824
- Loring, John F.
- Lorton, John T.
- Lossing and Barritt
- Lotteries, 1826-1840
- Louderback and Hoffman
- Loughborough family
- Loughborough, James
- Loughborough, Jean
- Louis XVI (1754-1793)
- Louisiana (Packet)
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1903-1904, Fine Arts Display
- Louisiana Purchase--Bibliography
- Louisiana State Lottery Company, 1890
- Louisiana Territory. Laws, 1810
- Louisiana, 1541-1820
- Louisiana, Bibliography
- Louisiana, New Orleans, 1863
- Louisville Club
- Louisville Courier, Louisville, KY
- Louisville Democrat, Louisville, KY, 1858
- Louisville Journal, Louisville, KY
- Louisville Theatre, Louisville, KY, 1858
- Louisville Times, 1852
- Love
- Lovejoy, Elijah Parish (1802-1837)
- Lovejoy, Owen (1811-1864)
- Lowe, Oscar F.
- Lowell, Charles
- Lowell, Charles Russell ( -1864)
- Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
- Lowell, John
- Lowry and Smith, Publishers, 1833
- Lowry, Thomas Jefferson (1850-1903)
- Loy Legion of the U. S. in Missouri, 1906
- Lubin, David
- Lucas Building, St. Louis, 1857-1861
- Lucas, Charles
- Lucas, James H. (1800-1875)
- Lucas, John Baptiste Charles (1758-1842)
- Ludlow and Smith
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- Ludwig, Henry
- Luella (Packet)
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- Lumpkin, Wilson (1783-1870)
- Lusk, James
- Lyle and Keence, Publishers, 1823
- Lyle, John
- Lynching
- Lyon, Nathaniel (1818-1861)
- Lytle, William H.
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- M. O. Frost Printing, 1902
- Mackay, Aeneas ( -1850)
- MacKay, Charles
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- Magee, J. H.
- Magic
- Magic Circle Publishing Company, St. Louis, 1890
- Magoffin, Beriah (1815-1885)
- Maguire, John
- Maine, Bibliography
- Mallinckrodt, Jas.
- Mallory, Stephen N.
- Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
- Manassas (Gunboat)
- Mangan, James Clarence
- Mankins, Peter
- Mann, Joel
- Manners & customs, 19th century
- Manners & customs--Missouri, 1850s
- Manners, Nicholas
- Manning & Loring, Printers, 1797-1799
- Manuscripts--Collection & Preservation
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- Maps--Missouri, Worth County, 1890
- Mara, William
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- Marie, John
- Markley, E. C.
- Marlowe, Julia (1866-1950)
- Marmaduke, Meredith Miles (1791-1864)
- Marquis of Bute
- Marriage customs & rites, 1892
- Marriage customs & rites, German
- Marriage customs & rites, Germany
- Marriage records--Missouri, Hannibal, 1868
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- Marriage, 1850s
- Mars (Planet)
- Marsh, Bela
- Marsh, Samuel B.
- Marsh, William S.
- Marshall, Albert D.
- Marshall, Humphrey
- Martien, Alfred
- Martien, William S.
- Martin, George W.
- Martin, Thomas
- Martin, Thomas ( -1861)
- Marvin, Enoch M. (1823-1877)
- Maryland, Bibliography
- Mason & Dixie Line
- Massachusetts, Bibliography
- Massachusetts, Boston, 1870s
- Massachusetts, Sleepy Hollow
- Massachusetts, Woburn
- Massachusetts. Volunteers, 9th Regiment
- Matchett, Richard J.
- Materialism
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- Mathew, Theobald (1790-1856)
- Matteson, Joel Aldrich (1808-1873)
- Matthews, Leonard
- Maturin, Charles R.
- Maupin, Thomas C.
- Maxcy, Jonathan
- Maxwell, James
- Maxwell, Leonard
- Mayer Manufacturing Company, 1892
- Mayer, Constant
- Mayfield, Millie
- Mayflower (Packet)
- Mayhew, Henry
- Maysville Register, Dekalb County, MO, 1874
- McAlister, Alexander (1796- )
- McAlpine, William
- McBeth, Malcolm
- McBride, Priestly H. (1794-1869)
- McCafferty, Jas.
- McCarthy, James
- McChord, James
- McClung, John A.
- McClurg, Joseph Washington (1818-1900)
- McCord, James
- McCorkle, John
- McCoy, Isaac
- McCreary, James
- McCullough, Robert
- McDermott, Hugh F.
- McDonald, Donald M. (1814- )
- McDonald, J. Wilson
- McDonald, John
- McDonald, Robert S.
- McDonough, James
- McDowell College, St. Louis
- McEvoy, Henry N.
- McFarland, George B. ( -1898)
- McFarland, John
- McGee, D'Arcy
- McGill & Witherow, Printers, 1865
- McGirk, George
- McGrath, Michael K. (1833-1913)
- McGready, James
- McKean, Thomas J.
- McKendree College, Lebanon, IL
- McKendree Repository
- McKnight, Sheldon
- McLean, Mary Caroline Stafford ( -1871)
- McLeod, Donald
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- McMullin, John J.
- McNair, Alexander (1775-1826)
- McNutt, E. G. B.
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- McPike family
- Meade, William
- Mechanics Institute Library, Cincinnati, OH, 1919
- Mechin, Gus V. R.
- Medicine, 19th century
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- Medicine--Research, 1870
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- Meeker family
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- Memminger, Christopher Gustavus (1803-1888)
- Memorial Day
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- Menken, Adah Isaacs (1835-1868)
- Mentally ill--Institutional care, 1850s
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- Mercantile Benefit Association of New York
- Mercantile Library, St. Louis
- Mercein, William A.
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- Meredith, Owen
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- Merrihew & Gunn, Printers, 1838
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- Merriman, Frank
- Merryman, David H. (1863-1882)
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- Merryman, Joseph E. (1829-1899)
- Meteorology
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- Methodist Church, St. Louis
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- Metropolitan Power Press, 1849
- Metropolitan Restaurant, St. Louis, 1850s
- Mexican War, Bibliography
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- Mexico
- Mexico, Bibliography
- Meyer, Charles
- Meyer, Charles
- Meyer, Moritz
- Miami County Sentinel, 1848-1853
- Michau, John
- Michelin, Francis
- Michigan, Bibliography
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- Middleton, Benjamin P.
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- Military service, Compulsory, 1860s
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- Millan, James A.
- Millard, George M. ( -1918)
- Miller & Brewster, Printers, 1827
- Miller & Child, St. Joseph, MO
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- Miller, Andrew
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- Miller, Edward
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- Miller, W. Fulton
- Miller, William A.
- Mills & millwork
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- Millsap, Calloway
- Millson, John S. (1808-1874)
- Milner, Annie
- Mimms, Zerelda
- Miner, William Harvey
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- Minnesota, 1884
- Minnesota, Bibliography
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- Mississippi Marine Brigade
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- Mississippi River Transmission Corporation, St. Louis
- Mississippi River, 1857
- Mississippi River, 1884
- Mississippi River, Bibliography
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- Mississippi River--Navigation
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- Mississippi Valley, Bibliography
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- Mississippi, Corinth
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- Missouri (Frigate)
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- Missouri counties--Boundaries
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- Missouri Folklore Society, 1906
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- Missouri Gazette, St. Louis, 1808-1818
- Missouri Historical Quarterly, 1906
- Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
- Missouri Hotel, St. Louis
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- Missouri River
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- Missouri Saturday News, St. Louis, 1840
- Missouri Soldiers Memorial
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- Missouri statehood
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- Missouri Territory
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- Missouri Trust Company, Sedalia, 1901-1903
- Missouri Valley Times
- Missouri, Adjutant General, 1863
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- Missouri, Bibliography
- Missouri, Bigelow
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- Missouri, Jefferson City, 1860s
- Missouri, Kansas City Court of Appeals, 1897
- Missouri, Lafayette County, 1849
- Missouri, Lafayette County, 1866
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- Missouri, Lincoln County, 1860s
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- Missouri, Mexico, 1849
- Missouri, Mexico--Libraries
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- Missouri, Perry County
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- Missouri, Richville
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- Missouri, Secretary of State, 1905
- Missouri, Secretary of State, 1912
- Missouri, Sedalia, 1860s
- Missouri, Sonora
- Missouri, Springfield, 1837
- Missouri, St. Charles, Floods, 1892
- Missouri, St. Ferdinand
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- Missouri, St. Joseph, 1860s
- Missouri, St. Joseph, City Hall & Market House
- Missouri, St. Joseph--History
- Missouri, St. Louis
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- Missouri, St. Louis, 1820s
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- Missouri, St. Louis, 1840s
- Missouri, St. Louis, 1850s
- Missouri, St. Louis, 1855
- Missouri, St. Louis, 1860s
- Missouri, St. Louis, 1890s
- Missouri, St. Louis, Bibliography
- Missouri, St. Louis, Commerce, 1840s
- Missouri, St. Louis, Correctional institutions, 1892
- Missouri, St. Louis, Council, 1850s
- Missouri, St. Louis, Directories, 1845-1921
- Missouri, St. Louis, Fire Department, 1850-1892
- Missouri, St. Louis, Floods, 1844
- Missouri, St. Louis, Four Courts
- Missouri, St. Louis, Grand Jury, 1882
- Missouri, St. Louis, Health Department, 1873-1902
- Missouri, St. Louis, Historic sites
- Missouri, St. Louis, Industries
- Missouri, St. Louis, Jail, 1855-1869
- Missouri, St. Louis, Jails
- Missouri, St. Louis, Kerry Patch
- Missouri, St. Louis, Lafayette Park
- Missouri, St. Louis, Mayor, 1868-1877
- Missouri, St. Louis, Mill Creek Sewer
- Missouri, St. Louis, Municipal Militia Formation, 1877
- Missouri, St. Louis, Museum of Fine Arts, 1881
- Missouri, St. Louis, Officials & employees, 1857-1861
- Missouri, St. Louis, Parks
- Missouri, St. Louis, Police Department, 1857-1902
- Missouri, St. Louis, Politics & Government, 1894
- Missouri, St. Louis, Poor, 1892
- Missouri, St. Louis, Property Records
- Missouri, St. Louis, Provost Marshall, General Orders, 1861
- Missouri, St. Louis, Public Library, 1921
- Missouri, St. Louis, Race relations
- Missouri, St. Louis, Register's Office, 1873-1905
- Missouri, St. Louis, Social life & customs
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- Missouri, Supreme Court
- Missouri, Supreme Court, 1865
- Missouri, Supreme Court, Decisions, 1820-1842
- Missouri, Supreme Court, Decisions, 1882
- Missouri, Supreme Court, Judges, 1865
- Missouri, West Union
- Missouri, Westport
- Missouri, Whig Valley
- Missouri, World's Fair Commission, 1904-1905
- Missouri, Worth County
- Missouri. Attorney General, 1905
- Missouri. Bank of, 1847
- Missouri. Circuit Court, St. Louis County, 1872
- Missouri. Confederate Legislature
- Missouri. Congressional Districts, 1860s
- Missouri. Constitution
- Missouri. Constitution, 1865
- Missouri. Constitutional Convention, 1820, Journal
- Missouri. Constitutional Convention, 1845
- Missouri. Convention, 1861
- Missouri. General Assembly, 1st-15th, Bibliography
- Missouri. General Assembly, 21st
- Missouri. General Assembly, Senate, Committee on Appropriations, 1903-1909
- Missouri. Geological Survey
- Missouri. Governor, 1822
- Missouri. Governor, 1844
- Missouri. Governor, 1860s
- Missouri. Governors
- Missouri. Governor's Mansion, 1865
- Missouri. Great Seal
- Missouri. Historical & Philosophical Society, 1848
- Missouri. Infantry, 10th Regiment, Volunteers
- Missouri. Militia
- Missouri. Militia, 1877
- Missouri. Militia, 1st Brigade, 1860
- Missouri. Militia, St. Louis County
- Missouri. National Guard, 1st Regiment, List of Officers
- Missouri. Normal School, Kirksville, Historical Museum
- Missouri. Printer, 1913-1918
- Missouri. Provisional Enrolled Militia, 2nd Regiment, 1863
- Missouri. Revised Statutes, 1825-1845
- Missouri--Boundaries
- Mitchell, A. Augustus
- Mitchell, Ellen M.
- Mitchell, John P.
- Mitchell, Maggie
- Mitchell, William Ward
- Molly Maguires
- Monnette, Orra E.
- Monopolies
- Montague family--Genealogy
- Montague, Peter
- Montana, Bibliography
- Monteith, John (1833-1918)
- Montez, Lola
- Monticello Female Seminary, Monticello, MO
- Montrose, Vara
- Moore, A.
- Moore, Clarence B.
- Moore, Henry J.
- Moore, Hugh
- Moore, Louis S.
- Moore, Mary
- Moore, Robert
- Moore, Robert N.
- Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Company, Printers, Cincinnati, OH, 1850-1863
- Moore, Zephaniah Swift
- Moral conditions, 19th century
- Morant, Fanny
- Morehead, Charles Slaughter (1802-1868)
- Morell, William
- Morgan, Fisher & L'Hommedieu, Printers, 1827
- Morgan, Horace H.
- Morgan, Michael D. (1824- )
- Mormons, Bibliography
- Mormons, Missouri
- Morning Herald, St. Louis, 1855
- Morris, George P.
- Morris, Maurice O'Connor
- Morris, Rob.
- Morrison, Gilbert
- Morrison, James L. D. (1816-1888)
- Morrison, William R.
- Morrissey, Peter R. ( -1895)
- Morse Jedediah
- Morton & Griswold, 1845-1860
- Morton, Alex
- Morton, Frederick W.
- Morton, John P.
- Moss, Charles E.
- Mounds & mound builders, Missouri
- Mount Vernon News
- Mount Vernon, 1797
- Mozart Musical Society, St. Louis, 1857
- Mudd, Alexis
- Mudd, Samuel A.
- Muldron, Bill
- Mullanphy, John
- Mullen, Alexander J. (1813-1897)
- Muller, George
- Muller, Wald
- Mulliken, Charles
- Munchausen, Philosopher's Stone & Gull Creek Grand Consolidated Oil Company
- Mundy, Isaac ( -1858)
- Mundy, Lucy Hines (1815- )
- Municipal government, 1800s
- Munroe & Francis, Printers, 1807
- Munroe, James
- Munsell, Joel
- Murder, Missouri, St. Louis, 1857-1900
- Murdoch, James (1811-1893)
- Murdoch, James E.
- Murdock, James
- Murphy, Arthur
- Murphy, John
- Murrat, John
- Music, Missouri, St. Louis, 1850s
- Musical instruments
- Musicians, 1858
- Musicians, Missouri, St. Louis, 1892
- Musick, John R.
- Myer, Jesse S.
- Myers, George S.
- Myre, George
- Napton, W. B.
- Napton, William Barclay (1808-1883)
- Narcotic addicts
- Nash, Lorenzo
- Nast, Thomas (1840-1902)
- Natchez (Packet)
- National Academy of Design, 1845-1846
- National Emigration Convention, 1854
- National Equal Rights League, 1865
- National Republican League Convention, Milwaukee, 1896
- National Ship-Canal Convention, Chicago, 1863
- National Turnpike Road
- Nationalism, Europe
- Natural history
- Naturalization
- Nave & Howard
- Neble, Charles M.
- Nebraska, Bibliography
- Nebraska, Omaha, 1860s
- Nebuchadnezzar's Hanging Gardens
- Nelson, Thomas S.
- Nesbit, Eugenius A.
- Nesbit, W. W.
- Nesbit, William
- Nesbitt, George F.
- Neubert, Carl
- Nevada, Bibliography
- New England Mississippi Land Company, 1795-1837
- New England, Bibliography
- New Era, St. Louis, 1841
- New Hampshire, Bibliography
- New Jersey, Bibliography
- New Madrid Land Locations
- New Mexico, Bibliography
- New Orleans Opera Troupe, 1858
- New York Gallery of Fine Arts
- New York Sun
- New York, 1850s
- New York, Bibliography
- New York, Brooklyn
- New York, Buffalo, 1849
- New York, Constitution
- New York, NY, Public Library, 1916-1927
- Newberry Law
- Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, 1920
- Newhall, Walter S.
- News, St. Louis
- Newspaper Advertising
- Newspapers, 1800s
- Newspapers, 1860s
- Newspapers, Collected works, 1901-1918
- Newspapers, Illinois, 1860s
- Newspapers, Kentucky, 1800s
- Newspapers, Missouri, 1865
- Newspapers, Missouri, Andrew County
- Newspapers, Missouri, Boonville, 1834-1844
- Newspapers, Missouri, St. Joseph, 1865
- Newspapers, Missouri, St. Louis
- Newspapers, Missouri, St. Louis, German language, 1850s
- Newspapers, New York
- Ney, Michel (1769-1815)
- Niagara
- Niagara Falls Peace Negotiations, 1864
- Niagara Falls, Heroes of
- Nicaragua
- Niccolls, Samuel J.
- Nichols, Amni
- Nichols, Mary
- Nickell, Dave
- Nickell, Robert
- Nipher, Francis E. (1847-1927)
- Noble, Fred A.
- Noble, Thomas S.
- Noel, Thomas E.
- Noell, John William (1816-1863)
- North Carolina, Bibliography
- North Missouri Railroad
- North Pole
- Northedge family
- Northedge, Elizabeth Shepard
- Northedge, George
- Northedge
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