The Battle of St. Louis with Stephen Kling

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St. Louis Branch of
THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION
presents

STEPHEN L. KLING, JR
President, Jenkins & Kling, P.C.

"The Battle of St. Louis"

Sunday, OCTOBER 21, 2018

THE RACQUET CLUB LADUE — note new location 1600 Log Cabin Lane (enter by North 40 Drive off Clayton Rd)

Cocktails 12:30  ~ Lunch 1:00 Members $45 ~ Guests $50

Stephen L. Kling, Jr. is a practicing attorney and president of Jenkins & Kling, P.C. in St. Louis. He obtained a master in finance and a law degree from St. Louis University and has been recognized in the peer reviewed Best Lawyers in America for over a decade.

Author, artist and long-time student of 18th-century history, particularly military history, Steve will focus on the relatively unknown story of the unsuccessful attack on St. Louis in 1780 — part of the British plan to conquer the entire Mississippi River Valley.  He will relate how British Indian Department with its British officers and agents were instrumental in keeping the local Indians allied with the British and were responsible for organizing the attack on St. Louis led by Emmanuel Hesse, a local trader and former lieutenant in the British Army.

Steve's PowerPoint presentation will draw on information from his recently published book, Battle of St. Louis, the Attack on Cahokia, as well as his further research about people who were at the battle — British, Spanish, French, Native American and African American. This history of the American Revolution in the West focuses on British attacks on St. Louis and Cahokia, events leading up to the attacks, the Spanish Mississippi River and Gulf Coast campaigns, the attack on Arkansas Post, and the counterattacks by the Americans and Spanish along the upper Mississippi River. A biography of the St. Louis commandant, Fernando de Leyba, is also in the book. Note that ESU members will be able to place orders for the book and enjoy a few related artifacts from Steve's large collection — to be in a coming museum exhibit — including a solid silver gorget, an Indian trade musket and some Indian made weapons.

As a direct descendant of Joseph Robidoux, who was in the local St. Louis militia at the time of the attack and later became a prominent fur trader and merchant with a store on Main Street, Steve speaks with both academic and personal interest — certainly not-to-be-missed!

Please send reservation/check to E-SU, c/o Joan Buxton Falk (314-803-8927),

200 S. Brentwood 8A, St. Louis, MO 63105, and indicate any with whom you wish to be seated.

As mail may take up to a full week to arrive, please call if mailing your check within a week of the event.

~ Racquet Club venue courtesy of the memberships of Bruce Buckland and Christy James ~

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