Draft of letter from W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to [John] McCall, regarding: praise for Combe, possibility for experiments to be renewed. February 1, 1846

Draft of letter from W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to William Morrison [Berthier, Canada] regarding: attempts to employ St. Martin through American Fur Company and Morrison, advice to send someone to find him rather than send funds, St. Martin’s drinking problem. February 1, 1846

William Morrison [Berthier, Canada] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: attempt to employ St. Martin through Morrison, St. Martin and family ready to travel, change in habits of drinking. February 20, 1846

John McCall [Utica, NY] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: extracts from Combe’s Physiology of Digestion, Combe’s comments on experiments, invitation to national medical convention in New York City. March 21, 1846

Drafts of letter from W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to Mr. (Ashley) Vantine regarding: attempt to employ St. Martin. March 25, 1846

W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to William Morrison [Berthier, Canada] regarding: appeal to employ St. Martin for experiments on digestion. W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to St. Martin [Berthier, Canada] regarding: request for St. Martin to travel to Saint Louis. March 28, 1846

Vital M. Grist to Patrick Keating, Circuit Court [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: copy of discharge of sureties, case of James Sykes vs. W. Beaumont. April 3, 1846

W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to Samuel Beaumont [Plattsburgh, NY] regarding: possibilities of escort of St. Martin to Saint Louis, partnership with Samuel Beaumont. April 4, 1846

Draft of letter from W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to Robert McPherson regarding: delay in payment of note to McPherson, land title dispute. April 6, 1846

Ashley A. Vantine [Chazy, NY] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: Vantine’s plans to bring St. Martin to W. Beaumont. April 17, 1846

W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to John McCall regarding: renewal of experiments planned for June or July, request for copy of Combe’s book Digestion and Diet, hopes to meet Combe, a national medical convention, family news, satisfaction with his life and prospects. April 19, 1846

St. Martin [Berthier, Canada] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: readiness to travel if he can bring his family. April 25, 1846

William Morrison [Berthier, Canada] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: St. Martin’s readiness to travel if he can bring his wife and children to Saint Louis, request for instructions from Beaumont, advice not to pay St. Martin directly. April 26, 1846

Robert McPherson [Buffalo, NY] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: claims by Stoddard’s heirs to land purchased by McPherson and sold to W. Beaumont. May 3, 1846

W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to St. Martin regarding: account of interference of St. Martin’s wife and family in Observations and Experiments, ending this work in 1832, refusal to advance money except for $50 for planned journey to Saint Louis with Israel Beaumont in June. May 29, 1846

Draft of letter from W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to William Morrison [Berthier, Canada] regarding: attempt to employ St. Martin through Morrison, refusal to advance funds to St. Martin. May 29, 1846

W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to Israel Green Beaumont regarding: trip to Canada to confront St. Martin. July 1846

St. Martin [Berthier, Canada] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: refusing offer under conditions of leaving family, claiming family would not have interfered, request for payment of back wages to Mrs. St. Martin for laundry services, willingness to proceed if W. Beaumont came to Canada for experiments, attempts by other doctors to engage him. July 6, 1846

W. Beaumont to William Morrison regarding: letter of introduction for Israel Beaumont in attempt to employ St. Martin through Morrison. July 7, 1846. W. Beaumont to Samuel Beaumont regarding: letter of introduction for Israel Beaumont. July 7, 1846

John McCall [Utica, NY] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: place in history of W. Beaumont and St. Martin, news of national medical convention, Combe family, and scientific advances. July 22, 1846

William Combe [Albany, NY] to John McCall [Utica, NY] regarding: news about his brother Andrew Combe, extracts from Andrew Combe’s letter, request for Beaumont’s letter to McCall. July 27, 1846

John McCall [Utica, NY] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: reputation of Beaumont abroad, transmittal to William Combe of Beaumont’s letter to McCall. July 28, 1846

William Morrison [Berthier, Canada] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: arrival of Israel and Samuel Beaumont in Canada, aid in attempt to employ St. Martin. August 6, 1846

Israel Green Beaumont [Troy, NY] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: return from Montreal without St. Martin, visit to St. Martin at his farm southwest of Berthier, St. Martin’s refusal to travel without his family and an advance for family travel expenses. August 9, 1846

Thomas Reyburn [Saint Louis, MO] to W. Beaumont regarding: Mary Dugan case, malpractice trial. July 31, 1846. Thomas Reyburn [Saint Louis, MO] to W. Beaumont, regarding: Mary Dugan case. August 1, 1846. Draft of letter from W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to Thomas Reyburn [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: reply to two letters concerning questions on the truth of Mary Dugan’s affidavit, the credibility of T. J. White, and the correctness of Reyburn’s statement before the judge in the malpractice trial published in the St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. August 10, 1846

Samuel Beaumont [Plattsburgh, NY] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: account of unsuccessful negotiations with St. Martin, visit to Morrison and family at his farm, delay in publishing of the second edition of Experiments and Observations. August 21, 1846

George L. Welcker, Engineer Department [Washington, DC] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: possible appointment of Israel Beaumont’s to the military academy. October 25, 1846

W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] to William G. Eliot, Jr. [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: statement on personal health for life insurance policy application. November 4, 1846

Colonel Joseph G. Totten to Honorable Thomas H. Benton [Washington, DC] regarding: Israel Beaumont’s possible appointment to the military academy. November 17, 1846

E. H. Barton [Fredericksburg, VA] to W. Beaumont [Saint Louis, MO] regarding: request for mortuary and meteorological statistics from Saint Louis and any other western cities for paper on influence of climate on pulmonary affections. December 28, 1846