Letter signed Jane McDaniel (written by John Corbell), Leasburg, N.C., to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. States that Darby’s Aunt McDaniel from South Carolina came and took all the children and stayed one week. The eldest son, John Corbell, stayed and is going to school. She has turned Price out of her business and has gotten another overseer. Persons mentioned include Aunt Sarah, Kindle, and Ned. Places mentioned include Frogsborough., 1834 Dec 21

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.