Letter signed William McDaniel and Jane McDaniel, Leasburg, N.C., to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. An invitation and suggestion to their grandson to come to Leasburg now that Lawyer Yancy is dead. They think that Darby would be able to share a good part of his practice. They want Darby to bring his sister with him. She could be educated very well and without much expense at the Female School which has just opened., 1828 Sept 4

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.