Letter signed W.D. Shumate, Bonhomme, to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby], Saint Louis. Asks that Darby be so kind as to go to the Clerk’s office and acknowledge the payment of the debt for which John R. Brown’s land was bound. Shumate then asks Darby to forward to him, by way of Mr. Berry, the amount of the fee which shall be settled to his (Darby’s) satisfaction. States that he cannot have a final settlement with Mr. Defoe, who purchased the land, until he hears from Darby., 1834 Aug 29

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.