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Cite as: Dr. J. Joseph Link Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2238
Link-Hall Family.
Papers, 1892-1958. 3 folders (31 items)
Robert R. Link was born December 4, 1832, in Wilson County, Tennessee, and was the
youngest of six children. He attended Wilson County High School and later went to Cumberland
University in Lebanon, Tennessee. He moved to Ewing, Illinois, in 1861 where he married Eliza
J. Webb the following year. They had six children. Daughter Nancy married Robert F. Hall.
Robert R. Link helped found Ewing College in 1868 and filled the office of secretary until his
death in 1893. He was an active member of the Prohibition party and ran for state treasurer on
the Prohibition ticket in 1890 and for governor in 1892. Link was also a gifted speaker and gave
many speeches relating to prohibition.
The collection is arranged chronologically and consists primarily of letters written to Robert
R. Link and his wife, Eliza J. Link. These letters are mostly written by friends, political
acquaintances, and colleagues. Several letters discuss Prohibition Party activities in Illinois in
1892.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Link-Hall Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0912
Linn and Sargent (Sainte Genevieve, Missouri).
Ledger, 1829-1833. 1 volume (200 pages)
Indexed accounts of Lewis F. Linn and Ichabod Sargent.
Cite as: Linn and Sargent Ledger, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0913
Linn, Lewis Fields (1795-1843).
Papers, 1780-1861; 1905; 1938. 2 boxes
Physician of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, state senator, and U.S. senator from Missouri.
Biographical sketches, genealogical record, scrapbooks, and other papers of Linn and his
wife, Elizabeth Relfe Linn, including her letters to Firmin A. Rozier. Letters discuss politics and
gossip about political personalities, events, and people of Ste. Genevieve, and personal life of the
Linns.
Cite as: Lewis Fields Linn Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0914
Lionberger, Isaac H. (1854-1948).
Papers, 1806-1943. 4 boxes; 1 volume
Isaac Lionberger was born in Boonville, Missouri. He graduated from Princeton in 1875 and
then attended St. Louis Law School. He served as the chief council of Laclede Gas Company and
taught law at Washington University for three decades. In 1896-1898, he served as a solicitor in
the Department of the Interior under President Grover Cleveland. He wrote the Annals of St.
Louis in 1928. He served as president of the Missouri Historical Society from 1930 until 1937.
He died September 12, 1948.
Typescript edition of "The Annals of St. Louis and a Brief History of its Formation and
Progress," 1930, inscribed by the author. The manuscript collection contains personal
correspondence of Lionberger, essays written by Lionberger on different individuals on both the