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Young, Richard M.
Letter, circa 1847-1849. 1 item
Unsigned, incomplete letter addressed to Richard M. Young, commissioner of the General
Land Office, regarding confirmation of a land claim in the Missouri Territory. Letter mentions
Gregory Sarpy, John Baptiste Lamarche, Renard, and Lecomte [Lecompte].
Cite as: Richard M. Young Letter, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1788
Young Women's Christian Association of Saint Louis. Board of Trustees.
Minutes, 1912-1916. 1 volume
The Y.W.C.A. in St. Louis began as an auxiliary of the Women's Christian Association, and
organized to provide rooms and classes in a safe "Christian" atmosphere for young women
working in St. Louis.
Cite as: Y.W.C.A. of St. Louis Board of Trustees Minutes, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A1791
Youngs, John F. (1837-1902).
Letters, 1860-1865. 1 box
John F. Youngs was born in Ogle County, Illinois, and raised on a farm. He had three
brothers (George, Ogden, and Thomas) and four sisters (Jane, Lydia, Mary, and Ruth). He
worked in a law office in Ogle County before moving to Winchester, Kansas, to teach school
shortly before the Civil War. Born to a strongly abolitionist and staunchly pro-Union family,
Youngs enlisted in the 5th Kansas Cavalry as a private and was shortly thereafter promoted to
lieutenant and assigned to Company E. A few months later he became a captain in command of
Company E and remained in that capacity for the duration of his enlistment. Nothing is known of
his activities after the Civil War. He never married. He was living in the Pacific Branch, National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Los Angeles, California, when he died of a cerebral
hemorrhage in 1902.
Collection consists primarily of the letters of John F. Youngs to his family, mostly dated
Missouri and Helena and Pine Bluff, Arkansas, regarding the affairs of the 5th Kansas Cavalry in
southwest Missouri until June 1862, and then in Arkansas. Includes brief accounts of action at
Dry Wood, Missouri, 2 September 1861, and the Battle of Helena, 4 July 1863. (Some of the
letters are on illustrated stationery.) Collection contains annotated typescript of Youngs’ letters.
Collection also contains photocopies of the pension papers of John Youngs and William Devine
and the compiled service record of John Youngs from the National Archives; undated address of
Ruth Youngs, recounting her experiences as a nurse at a hospital in Quincy, Illinois, during the
war; and letter of William Devine to Thomas Youngs, dated Camp Nevin, Kentucky, which
briefly describes the train journey of the 34th Illinois Infantry from Illinois to Kentucky.
Cite as: John F. Youngs Letters, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2251
Yscaite Nation.
Certificate, 1780. 1 oversize folder
Collection consists of a certificate signed by Francisco Cruzat presented to the Native
American Yscaite Nation designating them as members of the Order of the Falcon. The location
of the tribe is listed as "De Los Salus del Lago." The document is illuminated and mentions Don
Bernardo de Galvez as a representative of the Spanish government. Includes typescript