Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Birge, Edna Riddle.
Biographical Data Sheet, 1954. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Edna Riddle Birge,
5475 Cabanne Ave., St. Louis.
Cite as: Edna Riddle Birge Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2055
Bishop, Harry.
Biographical Data Sheet, 1969. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Harry Bishop, 15
Devondale Drive, Frontenac, Mo.
Cite as: Harry Bishop Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0125
Bishop, Richard T.
Ledger, 1873-1896. 1 volume
Business accounts ledger of a St. Louis carpenter and blacksmith.
Cite as: Richard T. Bishop Ledger, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0127
Bissell, Daniel (1768 or 1769-1833).
Papers, 1770-1962. 2 boxes; 5 volumes; 1 oversize folder
A native of Windsor, Connecticut, Daniel Bissell served in the Revolutionary War as a fifer
in the 8th Regiment. He joined the Regular Army as a sergeant at the close of the war and
participated in battles on the western frontier. He married Deborah Seba of Middletown,
Connecticut, in 1793; they had six children, one dying in infancy. He was in command at Fort
Massac on the Ohio River at the time of the Louisiana Purchase, and was sent to the Missouri
Territory where he was appointed military commander of the territory, now in the state of
Missouri and Illinois. By government order, he built Fort Bellefontaine and for several years
(1809-1813) was its commandant. While at Fort Bellefontaine he was appointed justice of the
peace for St. Ferdinand Township by Frederick Bates. He served in the War of 1812 on the
northern frontier under General James Wilkinson and General George Izard and was rewarded
with the brevet of brigadier general following his outstanding conduct at the battle of Lyon's
Creek, October 19, 1814. Bissell spent his last years of military service at southern posts and was
mustered out of service in 1821 at Baton Rouge. Bissell spent the remaining years of his life
attempting to prove that his discharge had been unjustified. After 1821 Bissell retired to his
estate on Bellefontaine Road. In 1825, he served as chairman of the committee to make
arrangements for General Lafayette's visit to St. Louis. He died of pneumonia at his home in
December 1833. His wife died November 15, 1843.
The collection contains Lieutenant Bissell's General Order books, 1792-1795; letters from
the United States War Department relating to the building of the cantonment of Bellefontaine;
the conspiracy of Aaron Burr; the War of 1812; the council meeting at Portage Des Sioux, June
24, 1815; and the evacuation of Fort Osage, Madison, and Fort St. Charles in New Orleans. The
papers also include material regarding the set of charges and specifications against Brigadier
General Bissell by Major General Andrew Jackson, and Bissell's defense (1816); correspondence
and certificates relating to the New Madrid land claims; and newsclippings about the Bissell
home.