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A0187
Brown, Nathan.
Letterbook, 1837-1838. 1 volume
Nathan Brown came to St. Louis from New England during the first half of the nineteenth
century. This letterpress letterbook contains copies of Nathan Brown's letters from St. Louis to
his brother and others. The letters contain good discussions of life in St. Louis, and cover topics
that include box manufacture, wall paper and papering, commodities prices, schools, steamboats,
log cabin construction, and slave sales.
Cite as: Nathan Brown Letterbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2203
Brown, Paul Sherman.
Biographical Data Sheet, 1964. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Paul Sherman
Brown, 7331 Kingsbury Ave., University City, Mo.
Cite as: Paul S. Brown Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2204
Brown, Paul W. (1847-1927).
Collection, 1907-1984. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Paul W. Brown was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, in 1847. In his teens, Brown worked on a
tobacco farm in central Missouri and later sold tobacco as a traveling salesman. In 1874, he
became a partner in the tobacco supply firm of Sherman, Lacy & Brown, and afterward
organized the Paul Brown Tobacco Company in Montgomery City, Missouri. He moved the
business to St. Louis and sold his business to Continental Tobacco Company in 1898. He was
later managing director of the American Tobacco Company and an important St. Louis real
estate investor.
The collection consists of genealogy and biographical information pertaining to Paul W.
Brown.
Cite as: Paul W. Brown Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2205
Brown, S.W. and Sophia.
Correspondence, 1849-1854. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
S.W. Brown moved his family from their home in New Hampshire to a farmstead in Hebron,
Illinois, in 1849.
The collection consists of letters written by the Browns in Hebron to relatives in New
Hampshire. The letters chronicle the Brown’s trip from New Hampshire across the state of New
York, by water across Lake Erie, and on to Illinois. The Browns describe conditions and life in
Hebron.
Cite as: S.W. and Sophia Brown Correspondence, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2206
Brown, Z. Lyle.
Biographical Data Sheet, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Z. Lyle Brown, 328
West Argonne Drive, Kirkwood, Mo.
Cite as: Z. Lyle Brown Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.