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Henry W. Williams and Edward W. Tittmann were business partners as attorneys and
examiners of titles to real estate in St. Louis, under the firm name Williams & Tittmann. The
firm was dissolved by mutual consent on October 25, 1875.
Collection contains three items: (1) a memorandum of agreement between Edward T. Farish,
James L. Buskett, Edward W. Tittmann, and Henry W. Williams, November 18, 1875, relating to
the transfer of property in St. Louis. Includes attached agreement between the same four men,
August 3, 1874, which also mentions William T. Booth and his wife, Mary T. Booth. (2) Chain
of title compiled by Williams & Tittmann for property in St. Louis city block 1409, October 24,
1874. The property was owned by Henry B. Graham. (3) Envelope labeled, “G.A. Koerner et al.
vs. Bernard Slevin.”
Cite as: Williams & Tittmann Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1747
Williams, Eleazer.
Collection, 1686-1908. 2 folders (approximately 50 items); 1 oversize folder; 4 volumes
Episcopalian missionary to American Indians, and a proposed claimant to French throne as
son of Marie Antoinette.
Collection includes minutes of a town meeting, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1636-1722;
account of what befell Stephen Williams in his captivity, 1705 (67 manuscript pages); 1800-1808
journal of Nathaniel Ely, 1800-1808 (191 pages); Eleazor Williams copy of Maj. Guilford
Dudley Young's report of the British attack on St. Regis, October 24, 1812.
Cite as: Eleazer Williams Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1748
Williams, George Howard (1872-1963).
Papers, 1911-1944. 25 boxes
George H. Williams was elected to two terms on the St. Louis circuit court in 1906-1910, and
in 1910 was a co-founder of the law firm of Bryan, Williams and Cave. In 1924, Williams, a
Republican, was appointed by Governor Sam Baker to fill the unexpired U.S. Senate term of
Republican Selden Spencer, who died in office. He ran for election to a full senate term in 1926,
but was defeated by Democrat Harry Hawes. After retiring in 1942, he moved to a farm at
Matson, Missouri, and in 1950 moved to Sarasota, Florida. He is buried in California, Missouri,
his birthplace.
Business diaries (1911-1914; 1917), business and political correspondence, personal
correspondence and financial documents.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: George Howard Williams Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1749
Williams, Henry W. (1816-1892).
Collection, 1835-1906. 2 boxes; 8 volumes
Born in 1816 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Williams moved to St. Louis in 1844, where
he worked as a lawyer, specializing in the examination of land titles. During the Civil War he
joined the Confederate forces under General Sterling Price and served as acting assistant
quartermaster general of Missouri. After the war he continued his law practice and worked as the
recorder of voters for the city of St. Louis. Throughout his life he collected manuscripts,
newspapers, and magazines regarding history, religion, literature, etc. He died September 27,
1892, in St. Louis.