Henry Shaw papers, 1818-1949.

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Henry Shaw papers, 1818-1949.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61772646

This is a collection of documents from a variety of sources. The papers are chiefly records from Shaw's hardware business, an import/export business trading chiefly with Sheffield, England. Indian trade, St. Louis real estate investment, and the founding of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park are documented. The real estate was concentrated in downtown Prairie des Boyers and Barriere des Moyers areas. Types of business records include account books, sales books, waste books, journals, ledgers, invoice books, correspondence, receipted bills, cancelled checks, bank drafts, promissory notes, bills of exchange, deeds of trust, sight drafts, contracts, plat plans, invoices, and deeds. Goods traded include furs, lead from Galena, Illinois, tobacco from Chariton, Missouri, and imported blankets, cutlery, earthenware, hardware, smithy tools, and gun parts. Other papers include correspondence with Ferdinand von Miller, sculptor, and drawings related to the design and construction of sculpture in the Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park. There are also diaries (1840-44) of travels in Europe and Africa, notes on history, botanical notes, lists of plants, reflections on St. Louis in 1819, and autograph albums. Personal correspondence is mainly from his family in Rochester, New York and Sheffield, England. Correspondents include Carolyn Shaw Morisse; father, Joseph Shaw; mother, Sarah (Hoole) Shaw; sister, Sarah Shaw; and cousin, Henry Elliott Hoole, mayor of Sheffield, England. Business correspondents include Hugh Campbell (Philadelphia attorney), Samuel Eadon (New Orleans agent), John Feazel (tobacco agent), Alexander Grant (New Orleans agent), and Peter Lindell (business partner).

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library

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Missouri botanical garden

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Miller, Ferdinand von.

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Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889

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Founder of Missouri Botanical Garden, 1859; merchant, real estate developer, and philanthropist in St. Louis, Missouri. From the description of Henry Shaw papers, 1818-1949. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772646 ...

Feazel, John.

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Lindell, Peter, 1776-1861.

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Engelmann, George, 1809-1884

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George Engelmann was a botanist and physician in St. Louis, Missouri and was chief scientific advisor to Henry Shaw on the development of the Missouri Botanical Garden. He bought the Bernhardi herbarium and the first books for the library on a trip to Europe for Henry Shaw in 1857-1858. His herbarium was given to the Garden by his son after his death. From the description of George Engelmann papers, 1831-1914. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772595 Botanis...

Grant, Alexander Cray, 1782-1854

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No further information is available on any of these people. From the description of Marriage certificate, 1847. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 42516302 Epithet: of Dalvey, Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0002eb Epithet: of Dalvey Title: 8th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descriptio...

Campbell, Hugh, 1847-1931

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Resident of St. Louis, Mo. From the description of Photograph collection, ca. 1868-ca. 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70941473 ...

Trelease, William, 1857-1945

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First director at Missouri Botanical Garden, 1889-1912; professor of botany at Wisconsin, Washington, and Illinois universities, 1883-1912. From the description of William Trelease records and papers, 1857-1912. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772665 Professor of Botany at Wisconsin, Washington, and Illinois Universities, 1883-1912; and director, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1889-1912. From the description of William Trelease papers, [ca. 1862-1...

Eadon, Samuel

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