Letter signed Joseph Charless, Jr., Lexington, Ky., to John Fletcher Darby, Frankfurt, Kentucky, favor of M. Brown. States that Darby is the nearest person with whom he has been intimate. He is living at Judge Bledsoe’s, the gentleman who lectures them on law. The family is very interesting, especially two charming girls, but states that he is too busy for Cupid to have a chance with him. Persons mentioned include Judge Bledsoe and Coke Littleton., 1825 Nov 27

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.