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A2490
Jones, W.E.
Papers, 1851. 3 items
Papers contain three official military documents. (1) Receipt of Lieut. W.E. Jones [William
Edmondson Jones?] of $64.37 of subsistence funds, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, July 30, 1851.
Signed 1st Lieutenant R.W. Kirkham [Ralph Wilson Kirkham?]. (2) Abstract of purchases made
on account of subsistence of the army by Lieut. W.E. Jones en route from Oregon to Jefferson
Barracks in the quarter ending September 30, 1851. (3) Account of the United States with Sergt.
C.H. McNally for services as commissary sergeant, July 16, 1851. Account certified by 2nd
Lieut. W.E. Jones.
Cite as: W.E. Jones Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2882
Jorgenson, J.B., Mr. and Mrs.
Family History Sheet, no date. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society regarding J.B. Jorgenson (born 1926)
and his wife, Arlene Franley Jorgenson (born 1923), 1 Conway Springs, Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Missouri.
Cite as: Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Jorgenson Family History Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A0792
Jostes, Frederick A.
Papers, 1937-1942. 2 folders (approximately 40 items)
Correspondence concerning the preservation of river life and history. Body of collection
concerns the Golden Eagle river boat sinking and installing it at the Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial. Also includes correspondence dealing with the hope of establishing a river
museum at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; correspondence concerning the Supreme
Court and judicial independence.
Cite as: Frederick A. Jostes Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0793
Journals and Diaries Collection, 1775-1909; 1940. 4 boxes; 15 volumes
Collection of travel journals and diaries (originals and typescripts) relating to travels in
Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky and Ohio; accounts of the Florida campaign, 1838-1839,
Mexican War, and the fall of Vicksburg; early coal mining in the St. Louis and East St. Louis
area; diary of a young student at the Female Classical Seminary, 1835-1836; Wilhelmine
Crawford's diary of her stay in Washington, D.C., 1866; diary of Nellie Bishop telling of
household routine, moving day, church attendance, etc., 1892-1893; and a 1940 diary of a trip
through Missouri. Other diaries include a typescript journal of unknown provenance of Richard
G. Waterhouse (born 1775 in Kingwood, New Jersey), dated 1801, describes journey from 1795
to 1799 through the eastern United States and some of eastern Tennessee, and includes some
poems, songs and essays written by Waterhouse; Everett family diaries (2 volumes) from
Virginia City, Nevada Territory, containing entries by J.A. Everett and his wife, L.E. Everett,
regarding farming, daily life, and weather reports, 1863; an unidentified travel account titled
"Across North Missouri by Rail, 1865: Notebook of an Unidentified Traveler," which begins at