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County, Tennessee, and Bladen County, North Carolina; letter from Breckenridge, Jefferson
City, to his wife, Elizabeth (Cowan) Breckenridge, dated January 6, 1833, in which he discusses
Missouri politics and the first bill relating specifically to divorce laws. This collection includes a
volume containing a journal of expenditures and a ledger of accounts of the mining and cattle
businesses of George and James Breckenridge in Missouri, 1818-1834.
Cite as: George Breckenridge Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0169
Breckenridge, James M.
Collection, no date. 2 boxes
Genealogical information on the Pettus and allied families, compiled by James M.
Breckenridge.
Cite as: James M. Breckenridge Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0170
Breckenridge, William Clark (1862-1927).
Papers, 1808-1936. 5 boxes
William Clark Breckenridge was born October 19, 1862, in St. Louis and died December 23,
1927, in St. Louis. He graduated from the St. Louis High School in 1883. That same year he
became secretary-treasurer of the Phoenix Planing Mill Company, of which his father was
president, retaining that position until 1912 when the business was discontinued. Breckenridge
was a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Society of Missouri for 26 years
(1901-1927), and wrote numerous articles on early Missouri history. He was a member of the
Papyrus Club, a literary organization, a collector of books and manuscripts, and was an honorary
member of the Missouri Historical Society.
The collection includes Breckenridge's correspondence with historians and literary figures,
notably William Fayel (war correspondence), Harrison A. Trexler, Dr. William Porter, Eugene
M. Violette, Walter B. Stevens, Francis Asbury Sampson, and Floyd C. Shoemaker, secretary of
the State Historical Society of Missouri. Also includes many brief historical accounts of persons,
places and events in Missouri, including those relating to the Civil War (Special Orders/reports),
slavery, medicine, and literary clubs; genealogy of the Breckenridge, Wilson Primm, John
Wescott, and Henry Milton Whelpley families; and manuscript and page proofs of William Clark
Breckenridge: His Life, Lineage, and Writings by his brother James Malcolm Breckenridge,
1932.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: William Clark Breckenridge Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2171
Breckinridge, S.M.
Letter, 1851. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Letter written by S.M. Breckinridge, St. Louis, to David Sayre, Lexington, January 21, 1857,
regarding religion in St. Louis and excitement surrounding the senatorial elections in Missouri.
Cite as: S.M. Breckinridge Letter, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2172
Breckinridge, William Lewis, V.
Biographical Data Sheet, 1964. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by William Lewis