Letter signed Wm. G. Owens [William G. Owens], Union, to Messrs. Spalding & Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Regarding a letter David Edwards has in his charge addressed to Mr. H.R. Gamble [Hamilton Rowan Gamble]. Since Gamble is undoubtedly sick, the recipients will have to consider the letter addressed to them. States that McCoy and wife have stabbed him to death as they will see by the letter to Mr. Gamble. Persons mentioned include Mr. Tuesdell (or Trusdell)., 1833 Sept 7

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.