Letter signed Josiah Spalding, Washington, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. States that he has tried to get in touch with Fleet Smith, but that he has been unsuccessful. He will put the claim in the hands of some trustworthy attorney. Writes of the course of their impeachment case. The testimony is finished and two of the managers have addressed the court. Mr. Meredith has already occupied two days and will probably occupy a third. Persons mentioned include Judge Spencer, Mr. Wickliffe, Mr. Wirt, and Storrs & Buchanan., 1831 Jan 21

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.