Letter signed M. Martin, St. Louis, to Major John F. Darby, Leasburg, Caswell Cty. [Caswell County], North Carolina. Informs Darby of the death of Dr. Woolfolk from congestive bilious fever. Writes of some weddings and jokes with Darby about his Fair One from Columbia. Mentions a farce with small swords on Bloody Island. Persons mentioned include Wm. J. Austin [William J. Austin], Miss Morris, J.W. Reel, Miss E. Saugrain, Genl. Ashley [William Henry Ashley], Major Bean, and Wm. L. Sublett [William L. Sublette]., 1834 Sept 10

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.