Letter signed Josiah Spalding, St. Louis, to Col. Justus Post, Bonhomme, Missouri. States that the Edwardsville paper is not a legal tender in Missouri, and therefore cannot be forced on the Edwardsville Bank in satisfaction of a judgment already obtained. Neither Bates nor Post were mistaken as to the Chancery Judgment, which is not yet at an end. There is judgment against Seward for the amount and costs of the action at law. Sickness in Ridick’s family has prevented the completion of the business. Spalding spoke to Hempstead regarding a conveyance of lands in satisfaction of his demand, and Hempstead said he wanted a history of the title and time to consult his client. Spalding also told Hempstead that Post had lost thirty thousand dollars and therefore his homestead had been sold at the current term of court. Spalding asks Post for the history of the title to the land proposed to be conveyed to Hempstead. Persons mentioned include O’Hara [William M. O’Hara], Collet, Schlatter, Wheeler, and Capt. Brown., 1821 Oct 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.