Letter signed Ellis Malone, Mason Hall, Orange County, N.C., to John F. Darby, Frankfort, Kentucky. Protests that his friendship is warm – and as warm as it ever was. States that all his former intimacy with Byrd is entirely and forever dissolved, on account of the way Byrd treated him after he attended him in a period of sickness. His practice has not suffered. Writes of having been to Washington and having seen Senator Benton and various other notables. He arrived on Sunday after Randolph and Clay fought on Saturday. Malone thinks Clay’s challenge the most reprehensible part of his conduct. Persons mentioned include Dr. Smith, Dr. Frederick, J. Moore, Miss Bing, Robert, Miss Mebane, Leles, W.R. Whited, Walker Family, Van Buren, Lagwell, White, Judge Rowan, McCheffin(?), Trimble, Jackson, Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. Bingham. Places mentioned include Panama and New Orleans., 1826 May 29

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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.