Letter signed Patrick H. Darby, Bradenburgh, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Commends his young friend’s principles and character. States that he is now ready to make him a definite proposition as he has just settled his affairs and is now in possession of about seventy thousand acres of land, worth at least that many dollars and probably twice as many. Wants Darby to come live with him, free of charge, getting all fees resulting from practice. He will convey one thousand acres of land to his name and in addition will pay him $600 per year for attending to his business. At his death he will leave him one third of his estate if he has no family and if so, $5,000. Persons mentioned include Blight., 1829 Oct 5

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.