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Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick was an editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Collection includes Daniel Fitzpatrick's correspondence to his friend William (Chub) E.
Mueller, 1965-1968; newsclippings; and reproductions of photographs of Fitzpatrick, friends,
and family; certificates, citations, etc., and birthday book compiled by staff members of KSD for
Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, 1954-1966.
Cite as: Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0497
Fitzwilliam, Edgar J.
Papers, 1800-1926. 3 folders (approximately 80 items)
Papers include family correspondence; deeds; family records, etc. Also includes Bradford
and Wash family genealogies.
Cite as: Edgar J. Fitzwilliam Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0498
Flad, Henry (1827-1898).
Papers of Henry and Edward Flad, 1846-1940. 1 box
Henry Flad was born in Baden, Germany, in 1824. He graduated from the University of
Munich in 1846 and emigrated to the United States in 1849 in the wake of the revolutions in
Europe. He worked as an engineer for several railroads and upon the outbreak of the Civil War,
he enlisted as a private in the 3rd United States Reserve Corps (3 months). He later rose to the
rank of colonel in the Engineer Regiment of the West. He was mustered out in November 1864.
After the war he returned to St. Louis, where he served for several years as the president of the
Board of Public Improvements. He died June 20, 1898, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His son
Edward Flad (1860-1935) was St. Louis city engineer, water commissioner, member of the
Missouri Public Service Commission, and engineer in private practice.
Papers concern mainly Henry and Edward Flad, and include Flad genealogy, naturalization
of Henry Flad, correspondence of Henry Flad and his wife, materials regarding St. Louis Water
Works (including descriptions and blueprints, 1903), repeal of prohibition, decisions of Public
Service Commission, reorganization of St. Louis Public Service Co., and work on smoke
abatement in St. Louis. In part transcripts and translations.
Cite as: Papers of Henry and Edward Flad, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0499
Flagg, Edmund (1815-1890).
Papers, 1825-1890s. 4 boxes
Born in Maine in 1815, Flagg came to St. Louis in 1836 and studied law under Hamilton R.
Gamble. After completing The Far West, a journal of his wanderings through Illinois and
Missouri, he worked briefly for a Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper; practiced law in Vicksburg,
Mississippi; served as editor of the Marietta, Ohio, Gazette; and published two novels. In 1845,
he returned to St. Louis to edit the St. Louis Evening Gazette, leaving that paper after a short
while to become a court reporter for St. Louis County. He contributed stories to the Missouri
Republican, and published several more novels and plays during his stay in St. Louis. Appointed
consul at Venice in 1850 by President John Tyler, Flagg left St. Louis, returning to become
editor of the St. Louis Times in 1853. He was appointed superintendent of statistics for the
Department of State in 1856, at which time he wrote his "Report on the Commercial Relations of
the United States with All Foreign Nations." Flagg's memoirs, written after his retirement from
U.S. government service, recount a life of varied experiences and interests, and shed many