Letter to Captain Throgmorton

Item

Letter to Captain Throgmorton. 1849, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61448

Title
Letter to Captain Throgmorton
Date
July 21, 1849
Identifier
fre0482.1849.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Letter to Captain Throgmorton


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Capt Throgmorton
Dear [ ?]
Our old
Servant May has taken a notion to
go to St Louis to live after living with
me 15 years - No [ ?] obliged to [ ?]
command her as a faithful trusty
and competent - she can be trusted in
any thing. If the authorities should re-
quire security for her good conduct
you will lay me under obligations
if you would assist her - I will be
responsible to you -
[ ?] are all in usual health [ ?] escaped. [ ?] a kind [ ?] the cholera,
why cannot you let us see you on this maters again if but as a passenger
Please mention kind regards to your good
lady and [ ?] nice family.

The friend [ ?] [ ?]
Chs W [ ?]

Fort Leavenworth
[ ?] [ ?] 1849

Letter to Captain Throgmorton. 1849, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61448