Letter signed Thos. L. Galloway, Chapel Hill, N.C., to John F. Darby, Frankfort, Kentucky. Gossips about college life, and states that he is studying very hard, even having used his vacation to make up certain studies in which he was deficient. Writes of having had a very handsome country exhibition in June at which all the young ladies were present. States that the freshman class is uncommonly small, having only 14 members. Asks Darby to show his letter to no one as it was written by candlelight. Persons mentioned include Mr. Forrest, Dr. Malone, Virgil, Miss Celia Moon [or Moore], and Mr. Reynolds. Places mentioned include Mount Repose, Hickory Grove, and Hillsborough., 1825 Sept 7

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.