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R Hall, Gertrude Scott.
25 “History
of Mine La Motte,” 1939.
29 pages, typescript.
This is a photocopy of a history of Mine
La Motte in Madison County, Missouri, compiled by Gertrude Scott Hall. Mrs. Hall is the daughter of William A.
Scott, who was a director of the Mine La Motte Company (1869) and mine manager
(1869-1879).
John P. Skaggs, president of the Madison
County Historical Society, loaned Gertrude Scott Hall’s “History of Mine La
Motte” for copying to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection. The typescript was formerly in the
collection of the late Dr. W. Harry Barron of Fredericktown, Missouri.
Mrs. Hall is the daughter of William A.
Scott, who was a director of the Mine La Motte Company in 1869. He sold his holdings to Rowland G. Hazard in
1870, but remained at Mine La Motte as manager until his death in 1879.
Both primary and secondary sources are
cited in Mrs. Hall’s history. She also
drew on recollections of conversations with her father concerning the
“Mansion House” at Mine La Motte.
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