Letter signed A. Mebane, Chapel Hill, N.C., to John F. Darby, Mason Hall, Orange. Writes of college news and states that he hopes to be present at his friend’s examination and hear some of his oratory. States that he has sent a catalogue of the studies and students at college for his friend and his associates to look over. Recommends that they buy Valpey’s Greek Grammar. Mentions different studies that it is well to be prepared in. Persons mentioned include Doctor Malone and Fisher (a student)., 1824 Nov 12

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.