Letter signed William McDaniel and Jeain [Jane] McDaniel, Leasburg, N.C., to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Regarding family matters. Asks that Darby send his sister to them so that she may go to the Academy at Leasburg. They will try to give her something at their deaths. Also give some Biblical advice on how to live. Persons mentioned include Leavina [Levina], Aunt Phebe, and Nanse Whitlow., 1828 July 22

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8

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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.