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public from 1877 to 1883.
Civil War records of the 1st Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union) consisting of oaths of
neutrality of foreign-born residents sworn before Lieutenant Alexander McElhinney and
Lieutenant John McDonald at Camp Bates, Manchester, Missouri, 1862, with list of volunteer
enrollees; regimental order book from Camp Bates, William P. Fenn, commander, Alexander
McElhinney, adjutant (1862-1863), with personal and professional accounts of Alexander
McElhinney (1873 and 1884). Ledgers of law practice of Alexander McElhinney (1856-1878
and 1864-1879), with some isolated regimental records from 1864. Ledgers of law practice of
John W. McElhinney, 1874-1902. Record and minute books of John W. McElhinney, notary
public, 1877-1881; and baseball scrapbook of John W. McElhinney, 1909.
Cite as: Alexander McElhinney Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2322
McEvers, N.D.
Steamboat Bills of Lading Record Book, 1888 Apr-1889 Dec. 1 item (148 pages)
This record book of N.D. McEvers includes bills of lading for goods shipped by various
steamboats from Montezuma, Illinois, primarily to St. Louis, Missouri. (A small number of the
bills are for goods shipped to Peoria, Illinois.) Most of these bills of lading are for the steamboats
Calhoun, Cherokee, and D.H. Pike. These bills of lading include the name of the recipient
(usually a business) and a list of the articles shipped and the weight of these articles.
Cite as: N.D. McEvers Steamboat Bills of Lading Record Book, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1008
McEwen, James, Jr.
McEwen family papers, 1726-1927. 1 box
James McEwen, Jr., was the son of James McEwen, Sr., and his wife, Frances (1877-1864).
He moved to Rockville, Indiana, in 1826, and married Frances Wolton Swearingen (1811- ) of
Franklin, Ohio. They had at least four children: Charles, Margaret, James Robert, and Mary
Frances. In 1852, James McEwen, Jr., traveled without his family to prospect in California and
mine the Grass Valley/Iowa Hill area near Sacramento, while working as a sawmill manager to
support himself. He returned east in 1856 or 1857 to Davenport, Iowa, where he bought a farm.
He moved his family from Rockport to Davenport, and the family lived in Iowa until 1863, when
they returned permanently to Indiana. The McEwen's daughter Frances married John J. Safely of
Boone County, Iowa, in 1866. Safely had served in the Civil War as a captain with the 13th Iowa
Infantry and after his marriage pursued mining interests. Margaret McEwen married William
Henry Nye. Their known children were Marshall, Hattie, and Willie. James Robert McEwen's
children were James W., Charles F., and Edna. As of 1886 he was an engineer in St. Louis.
Papers consist mainly of family correspondence including letters of James McEwen, Sr., to
his son; letters from friends to James, Jr., and letters from James, Jr., to his future wife, Frances
Swearingen. The collection also includes letters of James, Jr., written to his family while he
traveled westward to California, and describe life in the gold rush region. One lengthy letter
describes the conditions of a wagon train traveling west (folder 4). The collection also includes
Civil War letters received by Mary Frances McEwen from several soldiers in Iowa regiments.
One letter from a Captain Charlie describes Union losses in the Red River Campaign. Others
describe the siege of Corinth, Mississippi. The largest body of letters are from her future
husband, John J. Safely, who was with Sherman on his Atlanta campaign. Their datelines reflect
the route of Sherman's army through Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Big Shanty, and