Letter signed A.A. Mebane, Chapel Hill, to John F. Darby, Frankfort, Kentucky. Gossips about college and friends, and regrets that he and Darby are at such a distance from each other. States that the number of students in the college is not so large as usual, 120 being now enrolled, 90 of whom belong to his society. Writes of their fellow companions either being idle or being engaged in some profession. Discusses the girls they know who have married or are about to be married. States that he is surrounded by pleasant associates at college. Persons mentioned include Mr. Bingham, Doctor Malone, G.B. Robinson, Royall, Rice, Ben. B or Robin or James V.P. Reed, Mason, Gallaway, General Byrd, Miss Celia Moon [or Moore], Mr. Reynolds, Susan, Elbridge Mebane, Misses Bingham, Mary, Debow, Yancy [or Yancey], and Nicholson (a student). Places mentioned include Metton [or Milton], Philadelphia, Hillsborough, and Tennessee., 1825 Sept 6

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.