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Contains letter signed J.B.P. [J.B. Parsons], Philad. [Philadelphia], to Mrs. Frances Parsons,
St. Louis, Missouri, August 19, 1840. In this letter, Parsons updates his wife on his business trip
and discusses family matters. Papers also include letter signed Jno. Rostez Thornton, Paris,
[Kentucky?], to Lewis Vimont, Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky, which discusses a debt
and a land sale. Includes typescript transcriptions of both letters.
Cite as: J.B. Parsons Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1186
Parsons, Mosby Monroe (1822-1865).
Papers, 1847-1869. approximately 30 items
Mosby Monroe Parsons was born May 21, 1821, at Charlottesville, Virginia. As a young man
he moved to Cole County, Missouri, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. After
serving in the Mexican War, he served in the state senate and as attorney general. During the
Civil War he commanded the Sixth Division, Missouri State Guard, and later commanded a
brigade in Price’s army. He was killed in August 1865 in Mexico.
Collection includes undated address of J[ames] H. McNamara titled “An Historical Sketch of
the Sixth Division, Missouri State Guard,” which contains accounts of operations of the Sixth
Division in Missouri in 1861, including the Battles of Carthage, Wilson’s Creek, and Lexington,
and listings of casualties in each battle; newspaper clipping from the Missouri Republican, dated
November 6, 1886, which contains McNamara’s reminiscences regarding the affairs of Parson’s
Brigade in Arkansas and Louisiana in 1863 and 1864, including information on camp life and
account of the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; fragment of diary of Dr. Robert Joseph Bell, a
surgeon in the 10th Missouri Infantry, Parson’s Brigade, dated June 1863 to August 1864 (28
pages, includes typescript), which describes his experiences while serving in Arkansas, including
accounts of marches, the Battle of Helena, and depredations of Union soldiers; fragment of diary
of Dr. Bell’s wife, dated January to August 1864 (37 pages, includes typescript), which contains
descriptions of her activities while in Arkansas and Louisiana with her husband; brief undated
manuscript biographies of Parsons and his brother-in-law, Austin Martin Standish; register of
officers in Parsons’ Division, kept by Austin Standish, dated 1862 to 1865; notes of Mrs.
Mildred Parsons Standish containing her recollections of a wartime journey from St. Louis to
Arkansas and Louisiana; five letters of Parsons to family, including letter dated June 5, 1865,
which discusses impending surrender of his troops at Shreveport, Louisiana; two letters of
L[ebbeus] A. Pindall, including letter dated February 3, 1869, which contains account of the
death of Parsons; and general orders signed by Pindall, dated camp at Van Buren, Arkansas,
December 13, 1862, announcing the death of Lieutenant Gus A. Parsons.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Mosby Monroe Parsons Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2519
Paschall House Association of St. Louis.
Ticket, [1868]. 1 item
Ticket entitles the holder to one share in the Paschall House Association of St. Louis. Ticket
includes illustration of building.
Cite as: Paschall House Association of St. Louis Ticket, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A1187
Passports collection, 1826-1958. approximately 15 items