Letter signed S.F. Austin, Potosi, to Mr. William M. O’Hara, St. Louis. Concerning Dr. Andrew’s taking an eighth interest in the Ouchitaw location in return for his paying that proportion of the claim, surveying and laying off the proposed town and refraining from establishing another town nearby. Persons mentioned include Dr. Robert Andrews and Genl. Rector. Places mentioned include Caddo River, Little Rock, and Red River. (includes typed transcription), 1819 Mar 10

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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.