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Armistead family and a typed copy of births, marriages, and deaths from the family Bible, 1916.
Cite as: Armistead Family Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0048
Arms and armaments collection, 1857. 1 folder
Contains two documents: U.S. Powder Magazine account, dated October 1, 1857, and check
roll for work done in the U.S. Powder Magazine near Jefferson Barracks, dated November 1857.
Cite as: Arms and Armaments Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1910
Armstrong, D.H.
Letter, 1891. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Brief letter from D.H. Armstrong to Lawrence F. Bower regarding request for Armstrong’s
autograph, 1891.
Cite as: D.H. Armstrong Letter, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1911
Armstrong, Harris.
Genealogy, 1953. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Contains family history and biographical data sheets for the Missouri Historical Society filled
out by Harris Armstrong, 200 South Sappington Road, Kirkwood, Mo., 1953.
Cite as: Harris Armstrong Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0049
Army and Navy Club (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Register, 1914-1916. 1 volume
The Army and Navy Club was located at 3621 Washington Avenue, St. Louis. It was a social
club for the veterans of the Spanish-American War.
Cite as: Army and Navy Club Register, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0050
Army Collection, 1694-1939. 2 boxes; 3 volumes
Collection of correspondence, order books, reports, manuals and clippings, most of which
pertain to army activity on the frontier. Among the correspondents are General Henry Atkinson,
John C. Calhoun, Lewis Cass, William Clark, Stephen Watts Kearny, James Kennerly, Henry
Leavenworth, Edgar M. Ledyard, Sterling Price, Robert Simpson, Colonel Josiah Snelling, and
Daniel Webster. Subjects discussed include misconduct of soldiers, medical problems, Indian
relations (Sioux, Sussitongs, Winnebagoes, Choctaw, and Pawnee) and military sites (Forts
Prairie du Chien, St. Anthony, Belle Fontaine [Bellefontaine], Leavenworth, Gibson, Atkinson,
Armstrong, and the St. Louis Arsenal). Collection also includes a 1694 account of military
operations in Flanders against the Prince of Orange; two books (French translations from the
original German) of the King of Prussia's Military Instructions for his Generals (1761); order
book of the 22nd Regiment of Infantry with headquarters at Sackett's Harbor (1813-1815)
includes court martial cases, abstracts of morning reports, detail rosters, and rosters (137 pages);
and the order book and record of court martials of the 6th Regiment of Infantry with
headquarters at Fort Atkinson (1826). Collection also includes an unidentified record book, of
unknown provenance, that contains printed and manuscript orders, guidelines, procedures, etc.,
issued by the United States Army pay office, paymaster general's office, commissary general,