Rufus Easton Papers, 1796-1897; 1949-1956

<P>Rufus Easton was born in Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1774. He practiced law in Rome, New York, and emigrated to St. Louis in the winter of 1803-1804. He was appointed judge of the Territory of Louisiana by Thomas Jefferson in 1805, and was named first postmaster for St. Louis in the same year. He had corresponded with Aaron Burr in Burr's conspiracy with Wilkinson against the government, but denied participation in the plan. In 1814, Judge Easton was elected a delegate to Congress from the Missouri Territory and in 1821, when the state was organized, he was appointed attorney general of Missouri. Easton owned the ground on which Alton, Illinois, is situated and which was named for his son Alton R. Easton.</P>

<P>Collection contains business, political, and personal correspondence and biographical material about Rufus Easton and his family, including three manuscript law books kept by Easton while he was reading for the law during the early 1790s; documentation regarding Easton's early legal career in New York; materials relating to St. Louis politics in the territorial days, including correspondence relative to the Burr conspiracy; a manuscript of religious and philosophical writings attributed to Easton in his later years; land documents; and papers relating to the estate of Rufus Easton. Also includes correspondence of his daughter Mary Easton Sibley and letters of Eliza Ott to his son Alton R. Easton about Lindenwood College and life in St. Charles, Missouri; and documentation relating to the military career of Colonel Alton R. Easton. Correspondents represented in this collection include Moses Austin, David Barton, Aaron Burr, Daniel G. Bissell, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Alton R. Easton, Henry S. Geyer, Gideon Granger, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Lucas, James Madison, James Monroe, William Russell, William T. Sherman, and John Smith T ("T" for Tennessee). In part photostats and typescript copies.</P>

<P>Photostats of Easton letters may not be reproduced.</P>

<P>Indexed in the archives card catalog.</P>

<P>Finding aid available.</P>

<P>1 box; 3 volumes; 1 oversize folder</P>

<P>Cite as: Rufus Easton Papers, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.</P>

该集录包含了关于鲁弗斯·伊斯特恩及其家族的商务、政治及个人往来信函及传记材料，其中包括伊斯特恩在1790年代初研习法律期间所保有的三部手稿法书；有关伊斯特恩在纽约早期法律生涯的文件；与领土时期圣路易斯政治相关的资料，包括与柏尔阴谋有关的信函；伊斯特恩晚年归因于他的宗教和哲学著作的手稿；土地文件；以及鲁弗斯·伊斯特恩遗产相关的文件。此外，还包括其女儿玛丽·伊斯特恩·西博利的信件和伊丽莎白·奥特写给其子阿尔顿·R·伊斯特恩的信件，内容涉及林登伍德学院及密苏里州圣查尔斯的生活；以及关于阿尔顿·R·伊斯特恩上校军事生涯的相关文件。本集收录的通信者包括摩西·奥斯汀、大卫·巴顿、阿隆·伯尔、丹尼尔·G·比塞尔、约翰·C·卡尔霍恩、亨利·克莱、阿尔顿·R·伊斯特恩、亨利·S·盖耶、吉迪恩·格兰杰、尤利西斯·S·格兰特、托马斯·杰斐逊、查尔斯·卢卡斯、詹姆斯·麦迪逊、詹姆斯·门罗、威廉·拉塞尔、威廉·T·谢尔曼和约翰·史密斯T（T代表田纳西州）。部分为照片复制品和打字稿副本。

伊斯特恩的信件照片不得复制。

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1盒；3卷；1个大型文件夹

引用格式：鲁弗斯·伊斯特恩档案，密苏里历史学会档案，圣路易斯。