Letter signed Nicholas Thompson, Leasburg, N.C., to John F. Darby, Frankfort, Kentucky. Regarding business matters. States that he has received Darby’s letter of the 26th of August stating that he had left Missouri for Kentucky, and hence could not attend to his (Thompson’s) business. Writes that he expected the deeds to be recorded in the proper place and that he does not care about the receipts for the money paid for taxes. Asks for a full statement of the way his money was spent and how it is holding out. Mentions some gossip about friends and what they are doing. Persons mentioned include D.C. Cuyler, Miss Sally Johnston, John Johnston, Mr. Benjamin Stanfield, Merideth, and James Darby. Places mentioned include Virginia and State of Allibame [Alabama]., 1825 Oct 30

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.