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American and other national passports issued to various people.
Some French.
Cite as: Passports Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1188
Patents collection, 1881-1927. approximately 30 items
Patents issued mostly to residents of St. Louis from the United States government (one from
Canada), for various inventions.
Cite as: Patents Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Patience Worth collection
See Curran, Pearl Pollard, 1883-1937
A1189
Patrick, William K. (1841- ).
Papers, 1862-1907. 4 folders; 1 volume (approximately 50 items)
William K. Patrick was born June 12, 1841, in Birmingham, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania. His family moved to St. Louis in 1848. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he
enlisted as a private in the 3rd United States Reserve Corps (3 months). He later served as
assistant provost marshal for the Department of Missouri. He was active in the Missouri Radical
Republican party.
Collection contains letters to William K. Patrick from several individuals, including the
following: two letters of Frank Lord, dated Provost Marshal’s Office, St. Louis, September 22
and October 17, 1864; two letters of A.J. Hughes, 12th Missouri Cavalry (Union), dated
September 23, 1864, and May 8, 1865; and letter of Lieutenant Colonel James F. Dwight, 11th
Missouri Cavalry, dated Little Rock, April 18, 1865. Collection also contains correspondence
regarding Patrick’s appointment as assistant adjutant general, dated January to April 1864;
correspondence regarding Patrick’s appointment as paymaster for the Regular Army, dated May
to August 1865; charge against Richard S. Raymond for violation of the laws of war, dated 1865;
printed circular letter of B. Gratz Brown to the editor of the Cosmos, titled “Let Us Have
Genuine Freedom in Missouri,” dated November 15, 1864; and Patrick’s record book of Civil
War pension claims, dated 1890 to 1891. Collection also contains papers regarding the Radical
Republicans of the state; the impeachment proceedings of Andrew Jackson and the
reconstruction of the South; and ledger book containing combination of tax and other accounts,
affidavits and other legal items.
Cite as: William K. Patrick Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Paule, John
See John Paule's Store
A1190
Paule's Fashionable Merchant Tailoring Emporium (Saint Charles, Missouri).
Daybook, [1868]-1869. 1 volume (60 pages)
Cite as: Paule's Fashionable Merchant Tailoring Emporium Daybook, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2423
Pavey, Ida F.