Box VMF 15
Container
Contains 11 Results:
James Tower Sweringen Collection
Collection — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf165
Scope and Contents
Collection contains loose receipts, checks, bills for business and personal accounts, primarily in St. Louis, for J.T. Sweringen and others, including Arthur Buckner Barret, Edwin Harrison and J. Freeman. Also 2 letters and miscellaneous legal documents
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
Receipts, checks, bills for business and personal accounts, primarily in St. Louis. Most are consigned to James T. Sweringen, some are copies or duplicates receipted by Sweringen. Several items, circa 1860, are apparently endorsed to a W. G. Sweringen, possibly another relative, 1832-1872
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
30 items
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
Receipts. Arthur B. Barret, Edwin Harrison, J. Freeman, Dr. Farrar and others. Several of the items are in the name of Chouteau, Harrison and Valle and a list of the firms involved in these transactions include: W.H. Gray and Co., Eugene Jaccard and Co., Scruggs, Vandervoort and Barney, Alexander Leitch and Co., Porter, Worthington and Co., J.B. Orne, Cupples and Marston, Burrows and Jennings, 1832-1872
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
19 items
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
Receipts for local newspaper subscriptions: the St. Louis Dispatch, 1870; St. Louis Evening News and Intelligencer, 1860; Alton Observer, 1835-37; Missouri Republican, 1841; St. Louis Commercial Buletin, 1839; St. Louis American, 1841; and the Missouri Argus, 1840, 1835-1870
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
11 items
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
George N. Tower, Albany, New York to James T. Sweringen containing letter of introduction and recommendation for J. F. Terrill, tailor, 1836 November 17
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
Autograph letter signed, 2 pages
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
Order from [Col. W.H.S.] Wallace, Brigade Headquarters, Brides Point, Missouri, containing special order [overseen by] C.W. Hotchkiss, by which Lieut. Col. [Rombrauss or Rombauer] is authorized to return by steamer Louisiana to St. Louis and to report to Major General Fremont, 1861 August 12
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
Autograph document signed, 1 page
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
Document authorizing power of attorney to Trusten Polk by Edwin Harrison. Written from Santa Fe. Includes list of specific vouchers to be made. Signed [verso] by Edwin Harrison, countersigned and dated, August 18, 1863 by Trusten Polk, 1862 May 20
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
Autograph document signed, 2 pages
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
[William R. Jarrett], Phoenix Insurance Co. of St. Louis to [James T.] Sweringen discussing plans for sales of various lots in downtown St. Louis [in order] to pay the debt of [Mellon of Philadelphia], 1864 August 28
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
Autograph letter signed, 1 page
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
Abraham Lincoln authorizing James Harrison to cross military lines and return. Original is gift of Edwin Harrison to Missouri Historical Society, 1890, 1864 December 22
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
Autograph letter signed [copy], 1 page
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James Tower Sweringen Collection
Deed of sale of German Publishing Company, 211 Market Street to [Henry Laenger] for $20,000 including effects. Attached is inventory of effects as of date of sale, signed by J. Rombauer, President of the company. Printed form and autograph list, 1870 June 30
Item — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 19
Description
8 pages
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James Tower Sweringen Collection