Letter signed Jno. W. Johnson [John W. Johnson], Mayor of St. Louis, Saint Louis, to Samuel Wiggons [Samuel Wiggins]. Regarding a loan of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars at five percent annum to the city of St. Louis, the interest to be paid half yearly. The loan will be secured by the faith of the city and the water works and reservoir., 1835 Feb 2

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1

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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.