Letter signed Sinclair Kirtley, Columbia, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Thanks Darby for the delicious wine which he has sent them. Writes of the very high esteem in which all of Darby’s acquaintances hold him. He has just been elected by a large and flattering majority, the whole number elect being anti-amendment, anti-State Bank, and for a National Bank. Persons mentioned include Mary, Sheriff of Howard, Jackson, Bates, Guyor, and Little Red., 1834 Aug 12

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15

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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.