Letter signed M.M. Johns, Lynchburg, to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby], St. Louis, Missouri. Regarding social matters. Writes of Miss L. and her many flirtations, and states that it has been an uncommonly gay winter, although many of the belles and beaux have now gone. Persons mentioned include Charles, Mr. T. Royal, Capt. L, Mr. Garland, Miss M. Daniel, Miss Scott, Miss Henry, Mr. Bailey, Dr. Brooks, Miss Barbara, Mr. Johns, and University of Virginia. Places mentioned include Nelson and Richmond., 1835 Feb 7

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1

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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.