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Archives, St. Louis.
A1303
Rieser, John (1825-1900).
Papers, 1850-1890. 1 folder (approximately 215 items); 1 oversize folder
John Rieser was born in Austria in 1825. During the Civil War he served in the following
regiments: captain, Company B, Stewart's Cavalry Battalion (Union); Company E, 16th Illinois
Cavalry; and 2nd lieutenant, Company K, 51st Missouri Infantry. He died February 4, 1900.
Collection includes Rieser's discharge papers, commission, muster-out roll, and pension
document; two morning reports of Stewart's Cavalry Battalion; and four muster rolls of
Company B, Stewart's Missouri Cavalry Battalion. Also includes document granting U.S.
citizenship.
Cite as: John Rieser Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1304
Ripley County, Missouri.
Records, 1833-1860; 1870-1879. 10 volumes
Collection consists of Ripley County, Missouri, records copied and collected by southern
Missouri historian John R. Hume. They include two volumes of marriage records copied by
Hume (1833-1853, 1853-1866); one volume of Circuit Court proceedings (1834-1853); two
volumes of County Court proceedings (1841-1847, 1847-1853) of which records after 1850 are
exclusively probate court records; three record books of the clerk of the County Court consisting
of letters of administration of estates (1834-1853) of which records dated 1849-1851 are of the
judge of the Probate Court, record of wills filed (1840-1885), and justice of the peace
commissions (1834-1856); and two justice of the peace docket books (1857-1860, 1870-1879),
the first of which consists of executions on promissory notes in Current River Township.
Cite as: Ripley County, Missouri, Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1305
Ritter, H.A.
Collection, 1847-1905. 1 folder (approximately 30 items)
Collection includes deed of burial lot from Britton A. Hill, president of board of trustees of
Oakland Cemetery to Edward Coop, September 20, 1847; circulars of U.S. Sanitary Commission
Army and Navy Claim Agency, March 12 and July 20, 1864; three manuscripts regarding
charges preferred against 1st Sergeant Archy L. Mayson by 1st Lieut. Jacob Roesener, Company
G, 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, 1865; special orders of Col. W.R. Davis for Jacob Roesener, and
others in regard to stores received from Capt. S.D. Childs, September 15, 1865; other materials
regarding the Civil War.
Cite as: H.A. Ritter Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1306
Roach, Harry F.
Syndicate Trust Building Architectural Plans, circa 1895. 2 volumes
One volume (2 copies, 72 pages/42 plates) of drawings and specifications for the Office
Building for the Syndicate Trust Co. (northeast corner of 10th and Olive). A stamp on front leaf
of the second copy reads “John Hill Construction Company, 915 Olive St., St. Louis.”
Cite as: Harry F. Roach Syndicate Trust Building Architectural Plans, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.