Letter signed A.W. Carr, Troy, Missouri, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. States that he would have answered the letter sent by Mr. Monroe sooner but no opportunity has presented itself. He has forwarded the note upon Todd to a magistrate at Clarksville for collection. He has made the necessary examination into the titles of the two tracts of land, and details what he has found out. Asks about the young ladies of the city. Persons mentioned include Mr. Monroe, Todd, Justus Post, Amos Wheeler, Pierre Chouteau, Return Strong, Francis Hostutter, Blanton, William O’Hara, Thomas Collet, James G. Soulard, Rufus Easton, Benjamin J. Seward, Mr. West, Russell, Mr. Hicks, and Lincoln County Court. Places mentioned include Clarksville, “Post Farm,” and Bowlinggreen., 1830 May 21

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.