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A1284
Reuss, Adolph.
Papers, 1819-1875. 1 box
School notes, Masonic certificates, autograph albums, etc., of Dr. Adolph Reuss of Germany
and Belleville, Illinois; accounts of income and expenses.
Mostly in German handscript.
Cite as: Adolph Reuss Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1285
Revolutionary War Collection, 1770-1957. 13 items
The collection consists primarily of photostats of documents. Includes a land grant to Robert
Jones by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania (original document) for services rendered in the
army of the United States, June 13, 1787.
Cite as: Revolutionary War Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1286
Reymershoffer, Charles (1873-1955).
Papers, 1906-1942. 5 folders (approximately 200 items)
Charles Reymershoffer was an artist who furnished the catalogue of pictures and illustrations
for William Romaine Hodges’ biography of the artist Carl Wimar, which was published in 1908.
Reymershoffer died October 25, 1955, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Correspondence to C. Reymershoffer concerning Carl Wimar's "Buffalo Hunt"; letter of
C.M. Russell to Charles Reymershoffer, August 23, 1907, regarding identification of Indians in
Wimar’s “Buffalo Hunt”; letter from Reymershoffer to Mrs. Atherton Noyes, August 16, 1940,
discussing Indian painter (typescript); series of letters regarding his search for work and his
views of Germany and World War II; information regarding Clark Indian Museum.
Cite as: Charles Reymershoffer Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1287
Reynolds, George D. (1841-1921).
Papers, 1801-1929. 2 boxes; 2 volumes
George D. Reynolds was born December 16, 1841, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His family
moved to Springfield, Illinois, in the 1850s, and in 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company K,
2nd Illinois Light Artillery. In October 1863 he was commissioned major in the 6th U.S. Heavy
Artillery (Colored), and served as an administrator in the Freedmen’s Bureau for the southern
district of Mississippi at Natchez. He was mustered out in March 1866 with the rank of
lieutenant colonel. Soon after the conclusion of the war he completed his law studies and moved
to Potosi, Missouri, and later to St. Louis, where he served for many years as judge of the St.
Louis Court of Appeals. He died March 18, 1921, in St. Louis.
Collection contains genealogical material of Reynolds and related families; various military
papers, 1862-1867, including Reynolds' provost marshal records, Natchez, Mississippi, freedmen
and refugees, 1864-1866; deeds to land in Washington and Madison Counties, Missouri, 1867-
1879; letters from President William H. Taft, 1910-1911; correspondence of Robert T. Lincoln,
George D. Reynolds, President William H. Taft, and others concerning statue of Abraham
Lincoln by George Gray Barnard; paper regarding Reynolds' estate settlement; speeches and
manuscripts by Reynolds on various subjects including General U.S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln,