Letter signed S. Blood, Windsor, Vt., to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Concerning the settling of debts and collection of amounts due. He does not think that he owes Th. Douglass anything, so asks that nothing be paid to him or the estate of C.B. Penrose. He wants other claims held off until his return. President Jackson has commenced rewarding his friends and punishing his enemies by removing several officers. Persons mentioned include Skinner, R.S. Wilkinson, Geo. Marton [George Marton], J.D. Daggett, McSimonds, and Van Ness. Places mentioned include Myrtle Street., 1829 July 14

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10

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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.