Letter signed Justus Post, Bonhomme, to Mr. J.F. Darby [John F. Darby], Leesburgh, Caswell Co., N.C. Offers advice upon entering the army as a profession and life career. If letter had been addressed to City of Washington the writer might have been of assistance in obtaining a situation at West Point for Darby. States that West Point is the best institution in America for obtaining a critical and profound knowledge of the sciences. However, after a commission in the army has been secured it is always necessary to have the favor of the War Department and one’s superior officers to hold it. He wishes Darby well. Places mentioned include Atlantic States., 1824 July 22

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6

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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.