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Finding aid available.
Cite as: Sidney Towner Phelan Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Phelps County, Missouri.
Collection, 1950-1960.
Transferred to Alphabetical Files—Mann, Clair V.
A1211
Phelps, Seth Ledyard.
Letterbook, 1861 Jan 2-1864 Sept 9. 2 boxes (approximately 350 items)
Seth Ledyard Phelps, a native of Ohio, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in October 1841, and
eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. He resigned October 29, 1864.
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while
commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence
contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers,
including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during
the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding
repairs to the U.S.S. Eastport and its eventual destruction, and repairs to the U.S.S. Choctaw and
U.S.S. Lafayette. Principal correspondents include Admiral David D. Porter, Captain Alexander
M. Pennock, and Commodore Andrew Hull Foote, in addition to 3 letters of General William T.
Sherman.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Seth Ledyard Phelps Letterbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1212
Philibert Family.
Papers, 1852-1930. 4 folders (approximately 75 items)
Joseph Philibert came to St. Louis in 1801. He was an Indian trader.
Papers include genealogical information; record book of Joseph Philibert, 1852-1853;
records prices for animal furs; various deeds for lands in St. Louis; family correspondence
between members in St. Louis and other Missouri towns; letters with news of farm activities;
Edmund Philibert's account of 28 visits to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904; letters
regarding fair visits; letter of Florence [McCollien], dated May 7, 1905, describing the exposition
grounds after the closing of the fair.
Cite as: Philibert Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1213
Philip H. Lenz and Son Realty Company (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1908-1954. 2 boxes; 6 volumes
Located in the Wainwright Building. Incorporated in 1914; dissolved in 1953; 1944 Elmer
Lenz takes over.
Includes proceedings (1914-1953); incorporation papers (September 20, 1914); stock
certificates (1914-1953); deeds, titles, and contracts (1923-1953); ledger (1932-1953); rents and
receipts (1941-1953); assets and equities statement (1945-1952); check stubs (1941-1953); assets
and equities statement (1945-1952); check stubs (1945-1954); journal (January 1, 1953-April
1954); unidentified photography; capital stock tax returns and anti-trust affidavits (1915-1953);
franchise tax returns (1918-1954); income tax returns (1944-1953); ledgers (1908-1954);
journals (1934-1945); cash bonds (1944-1953); and Elmer L. Lenz personal accounts (1946-