Letter signed Jane McDaniel (with postscript signed John McDaniel), Caswell County, N.C., to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Regarding the death of Darby’s grandfather and the disposition of his property, slaves, etc. Persons mentioned include Aunt Sally, Price, Alexander Gorden, Major Lea, John VanHook, Kendle (enslaved man), Edmond (enslaved man), Ned (enslaved man), Major (enslaved man), Alsey (enslaved man), Ruth (enslaved woman), Mr. Green Brooks, Uncle John, Aunt Polly, Uncle Hiram, Uncle William, Jinney, Ben, John, Johnston, Mr. Thompson, Jane Elizabeth, Loranzo Lea [Lorenzo Lea], Betsey, Miss Francis, and Uncle George. Places mentioned include Frogsborough and Chester District, South Carolina., 1831 Jan 23

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12

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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.