Letter signed A. Biddle [Mrs. Ann Biddle], St. Louis, to J. Darby [John F. Darby]. Asks Darby to procure the newspapers containing all the publications between Miss Biddle and Mr. P. by purchase or otherwise. As soon as her brothers-in-law, John and W.S. Biddle, arrive to settle her affairs, she will leave town and remain in Philadelphia until spring. Asks that her request be kept secret. Persons mentioned include Mr. Capoulade. Places mentioned include Detroit., 1831 Sept 22

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.