The collection consists of personal correspondence and biographical items of St. Louisan, Calvin Webster Fitch. The bulk of the collection is the outgoing correspondence of letters written by Calvin Fitch to his wife, Rose Fitch ranging from July-September 1880.Calvin Webster Fitch (1843-1915) was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and served in the 45th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Militia) during the Civil War. According to U.S. Census records of 1870, Fitch lived in St. Louis worked as an attorne