Deposition duly sworn to before a notary that the deponent had had a conversation with William Russell last June to the effect that he (Russell) had purchased a few months previous Peter Frank’s right to lands not far from Jackson, in Missouri, for eight hundred dollars, signed Chester Ashley, Big Rock Township, Territory of Arkansas. Persons mentioned include Jas. Cunningham. Places mentioned include County of Pulaski, Louisiana, and Little Rock., 1820 Sept 18

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

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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.