Great Britain and suppression of Indian hostilities.
The journal is a fragment of Chouteau's "Narrative of the Settlement of St. Louis." It is the only eyewitness documentation on the activities surrounding the founding of St. Louis. A literal translation from the original manuscript by J. Givin Brown and J. Wilmer Stith was published by the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association in 1857 in the
Eagle Packet Company coal book from 1931 - 1945. Records Eagle company coal sales as well as balance sheets for the company's labor, drayage, and cargo from various ports such as Saint Louis, Alton, Grafton, Mozier, Louisiana, Keokuk, Ste. Genevieve, Chester and Quincy, among others. Some pages are missing.
Created by Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858); early senator from Missouri who served six terms equaling thirty years in office.
Included are the handwritten lecture, "Progress of the Age," delivered at the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, 1850; 1 letter from 1829; and 2 letters from 1858, one from J.B. Brant concerning Benton's health. Senator Benton was among the first of many illustrious figures to speak at the St. Louis Mercantile Library on November 14, 1850. This particular speech, presented to the Library by Senator Benton, himself, and several letters make up the Mercantile's small collection of primary materials by or concerning Thomas Hart Benton