Letter signed J.J. Crittenden, Frankfort, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Apologizes for not having written sooner, and explains that he has been very busy. States that he received from Darby on the 12th of the last month $128.94, which he now acknowledges with the statement that he is entirely satisfied and greatly obliged. Mr. Denny, who had granted further indulgence on Cozzen’s note, has died and the writer would like Denny’s interest collected in view of the fact that he has incurred some expenses in connection with Mr. Denny., 1833 May 24

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14

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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.