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fulfillment of speaking engagements at the club.
Cite as: Gustavus Tuckerman Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1654
Tunstall Family.
Papers, 1817-1907 (bulk 1836-1857). 1 folder
Marion Tunstall married John Latimer on October 26, 1847, in St. Louis.
Papers primarily contain correspondence between members of the Tunstall families of St.
Charles, Florissant, and Carrollton, Illinois, mainly concerning family matters, but also
education, religion and farming. Much of the correspondence is written to Marion Tunstall
Latimer.
Cite as: Tunstall Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1655
Turley Family.
Papers, 1831-1865. 3 folders (approximately 200 items)
Papers include deeds of Jesse B. Turley, letters of Simon Turley to Jesse giving accounts of
business in Santa Fe, correspondence with DeWitt C. Peters regarding publication of a biography
of and correspondence regarding estate of Jesse B. Turley; information regarding family, mostly
typed.
Cite as: Turley Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1657
Turner, Charles. Scrapbooks, 1886-1918. 8 boxes
Collection was formerly known as the Saint Louis African-American Newsclippings
Collection.
Collection contains newsclippings, political flyers and handbills, business cards, photographs
of schools, businesses, etc. pertaining to African-Americans in St. Louis and across the nation.
Major topics documented include street life, the Market Street black business district, black
schools and cultural events, and politics.
Cite as: Charles Turner Scrapbooks, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1656
Turner Family.
Papers, 1843-1871. 1 folder (approximately 15 items)
Correspondence of the Dobbins and Turner families of Carroll and Ray Counties, and some
in Western territories, with discussions of Civil War, California, and settling in the West.
Cite as: Turner Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1658
Turner, Henry Smith, Major (1811-1881).
Papers, 1846-1881; 1934. 3 folders (approximately 50 items)
Henry S. Turner was born April 1, 1811, in Virginia. In 1834, he graduated from West Point.
In 1837, he was appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Henry Atkinson, serving until 1839. Then he
was sent by the War Department to the cavalry school at Saumur, France, to study cavalry tactics
and prepare a manual of instructions for that arm of the service in the United States Army.
Returning two years later, he married Ms. Julia M. Hunt of St. Louis. He was promoted to the
rank of captain of the First Dragoons in 1846 and then became a part of Gen. Kearny's staff. He