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Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About the Cost of Boat Repairs 1858
Date: 1858-07-6
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother on his way to St. Louis from Paducah. Samuel was with him on the boat and they are not sure how the boat would perform. He was afraid the draft was not right despite that they had not given it a fair trial.They had only had a few drunken firemen. He said the boat is alright, but drew a little more water than he expected. Moore expects the boat to trim on approximately 42 inches. The prospect for business looked gloomy. When the boat was complete, she would have cost about sixty-one thousand, which was a good deal of money. Moore writes that he put in $16,852 and Duvall $11,208. He offered his brother William a share in the cost of the boat.

Title: Flood at St. Louis, June 18, 1858
Date: 1858-06-18
Description: A photograph taken by Marine Co. documented the damage in St. Louis from a severe flood on June 18, 1858. The streets were completely covered in water and make-shift planks provided a safe walking platform for people to safely cross from boats to the semi-submerged buildings. Two people can be seen assessing the flood damage from the rooftop of the tallest building on the left of the photograph, while others on the right stand safely on the deck of a steamboat..

Title: Tree
Date: 1858-06-09
Description: Detailed drawing of a tree trunk, pencil on laid paper, signed J Gast June 9th 1858, 6 inches by 5 inches

Title: Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Directors to the Stockholders of the North Missouri Railroad
Date: 1858-05

Title: Fifty-Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Domestic Missions
Date: 1858-05
Description: Of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Family and Business 1858
Date: 1858-03-6
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother. The letter appears to be primarily an update on various people, family, and business. He mentioned Milton needing to save up money for a bushel to help him get through the hard times in the world, saying that people would swindle (fleece) individuals of their disposition. He received a letter from their father that all is well at home. While the letter is difficult to read, Moore discusses two locomotives on the Portsmouth Railroad and the N.O. Company, as well as another bridge and its association with a bridge that had fallen the previous fall. Business with the steamboat Crescent is doing well. He would like to hear of what kind of a boat they are building as Captain Waller is a little extravagant in his notions.

Title: Report on the Fire Departments of Cincinnati and St. Louis and the Use of Steam Fire Engines
Date: 1858-03
Description: Report detailing the benefits of steam fire engines, as well as the process of transitioning to using them as primary engines.

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to his brother from Hiawatha About Steamboat Work 1858
Date: 1858-01-4
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to William from Hiawatha. The steamboat Oglesby had been laid up at St. Louis. He was going to go down and arrange for some money to be sent to the bank for Mr. Moore. The shafts had been made, and most of the work was done except for the boilers and a few other tasks. Work was to be done in the shop for the remaining tasks and the engines. The steamboat Crescent had gone down to standby until spring. They had a fair trip down that would pay them something.

Title: Speech of Hon. J. Hickman, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, January 28, 1858
Date: 1858-01-28
Description: "Popular Sovereignty - The Will of the Majority Against the Rule of a Minority."

Title: Twelfth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
Date: 1858-01-12
Description: This document contains the 1858 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1858 seventh annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company. There is also a fragment of Auguste Chouteau's Journal of the founding of St. Louis translated from the French by J. Givin Brown and J. Wilmer Stith.

Title: Riverfront Old Pix St. Louis Levee
Date: 1858 or 1859
Description: Boats in the picture (from left to right) are: Kate Sweeney, Federal Arch, and Belle Gould. Takes place in St. Louis Levee in 1858 or 1859.

Title: Report of the Twenty-Sixth Exhibition of American Manufactures.
Date: 1858, 1858
Description: Compiled articles detailing the state of various American manufacturing industries in American at the time of publication.

Title: Views of the Vine Growing Resources of St. Louis and Adjacent Counties of Missouri
Date: 1858
Description: A report on the role of viticulture in Missouri's economy.

Title: The St. Louis Complete Business Directory for 1858
Date: 1858
Description: A complete business directory containing a listing and an index of St. Louis businesses for the year 1858 beginning with Agents-Advertising and ending with Wool Dealers.

Title: Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Railroad to the Stockholders
Date: 1858
Description: 1858 annual report of the Pacific Railroad Company, an organization dedicated to building a railroad from St. Louis to the West.

Title: Eight Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Railroad to the Stockholders
Date: 1858

Title: Sketch Book of Saint Louis
Date: 1858
Description: Containing a series of sketches of the early settlement, public buildings, hotels, railroads, steamboats, foundry and machine shops, mercantile houses, grocers, manufacturing houses, &c.

Title: St. Louis Pictorial Advertiser and Illustrated Business Directory, for the Years 1858 and 1859
Date: 1858
Description: A business directory distributed to hotels, railroad stations, reading rooms, and steamers for the use of travelers. It pairs descriptions of major cities in the United States with illustrated advertisements for businesses, including St. Louis.

Title: Saint Louis Levee
Date: 1858
Description: Saint Louis, Missouri riverfront at flood stage, 1858.

Title: Address Delivered, By Request, Before A Railroad Meeting of the Citizens of Cooper County, At Boonville, MO
Date: 1858

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