Letter signed John Brahan, Nashville, Tenn., to Major Amos Stoddard, Washington City. Regarding the suicide of Governor Meriwether Lewis, and an inquiry on the writer’s part as to the possibility of his retaining his commission in the Army and also his position as Receiver of Public Monies. Persons mentioned include Mr. Grinder, Major Neeley, John Purney, Mr. Jefferson, Dr. Daniel, Capt. Howe, and Lt. Kingsley. Places mentioned include Natchez Road, Pacific Ocean, and Natchez., 1809 Oct 18

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This collection consists largely of the papers of John F. Darby and his wife Mary F. Darby, and relates mostly to the political, social, and business history of St. Louis. The papers also include family correspondence with relatives in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Missouri, and correspondence regarding legal and business matters. Of special note are the minute books of the Jefferson Society and the St. Louis Debating Club (1827-1828), both regional debating societies of which Darby was a member; letters of Mary F. Darby; correspondence with Montgomery Blair, William T. Sherman, and George Caleb Bingham; and fragments of a history of the Mormons by John Corrill, dated 1839.