Letter signed Justus Post, America, to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby], St. Louis, Missouri. States that he wishes he had been with his friend while he was visiting in New York, as he could have introduced him to many acquaintances on the Board of Aldermen and in the insurance companies. Discusses some notes vs. W.P. Hunt [Wilson P. Hunt], which Mrs. Post [Eliza Post] was to take to Darby and which he wants to settle as the heirs are in Europe. Also wants a certificate of the legal existence of Sergeant Hall and P. Walsh as Justices of the Peace so that he may forward the document to Mr. Hapler. Hopes that the Washington County affair may come around in season to effect an arrangement and compromise as suggested in a former note. Persons mentioned include Zoeller. Places mentioned include Cincinnati and County of St. Louis., 1832 July 27

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13

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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.