Letter signed A. McAlister, Bonhomme, Mo., to John F. Darby, Frankfort, Kentucky. Regarding social matters and neighborhood news. Persons mentioned include Martrom Lewis, George Lewis, Priscilla Frazier, Wm. Thompson [William Thompson], William Stokes, Widow Worthington, Mr. Brown, Nancy Tumiron, Mr. Linvil, John Moore, Miss Brockman, Nat. Bacon, Samuel Worthington, Miss Margaret Fitzwater, John Russell, Mr. Dixon, Brackenridge, Thomas Caulk, Dr. Simson, John Simons, George Frazier, Hiram, General Miller, Carr, Todd, and Easton. Places mentioned include River Des Peres, St. Louis, and Cumberland. (includes typed transcription), 1826 Jan 18

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7

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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.