Letter signed Mrs. Emma Thovington, St. Louis, to Lawyer Darby [John F. Darby], St. Louis, Mo. Requests assistance for herself and her three small children whom she is trying to support. She has had to sell her piano, which was the means by which she had hoped to make a living. Persons mentioned include John H. Thovington. Places mentioned include National Hotel and Seventh Street between Green and Morgan Street., 1835 Mar 22

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.