Protest against the drawer, D. Barton, of a draft or bill of exchange, and all others concerned, for all exchange, re-exchange, costs, damages and interest, suffered and to be suffered for want of payment thereof, signed F. White, Notary Public, St. Louis. Persons mentioned include William M. O’Hara and James H. Peck. Places mentioned include County of St. Louis and Missouri Territory., 1820 July 22

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

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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.