Letter signed Justus Post, Bonhomme, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Concerning the suit on Caulk’s claim, the proceedings of which Mr. [Edward] Bates has said can be suspended if the debt is secured. In order to do this the writer has put in Mr. Bates’ hands the deed of Reuben Smith for 6,000 arpens of the lead mine lands. Persons mentioned include Richard Caulk, Augustus, and Lieut. Thomas. Places mentioned include Ashley lots., 1830 Mar 1

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11

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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.