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Papers 1802-1933
(61 items)
Scope: The collection consists primarily of historical documents
relating to the city and county of St. Louis, with some items
relating to other geographical areas. Included are deeds of sale for
land and slaves, transfers of title for land, land grants, abstracts
of title, legal briefs, court decrees, rent receipts, promissory
notes, and wills. Of particular note are the minutes of a committee
concerned with establishing a public hospital in St. Louis, dated
May 2, 1831, and signed by the committee members including many
prominent St. Louisans of the time. Miscellaneous items include two
letters, a patent register, a report of expenses and profits of
concessions at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, two
printed circulars advertising lots for sale in St. Louis County
subdivisions, ca. 1904. Several items relate to the Joseph peters
Furniture Co., one of the most prominent furniture manufacturers in
the city in the late 19th century.
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