Letter signed Joshua Pilcher, Washington, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Writes that nothing is happening in Washington except what he reads in the paper. Expects the great debate on the tariff to call forth orations from both houses, but thinks it difficult to foresee the end. Feels the U.S. Bank will also command the attention of Congress. Persons mentioned include Holmes and Miss Ann. Places mentioned include Hazlewood., 1832 Jan 28

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13

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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.