Letter signed Ann Biddle to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby]. A business letter regarding loans, etc. States that Bishop Rosati’s health is bad and that until he returns all the security she has is his note for the amount of his loan, $2,000. She has sent her brother to Mr. Ames to collect two notes which he owed. Places mentioned include the Missouri Hotel., 1835 Apr 27

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.