Letter signed A. Biddle [Ann Biddle], St. Louis, to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby]. States that she has not received Orme’s mortgage and note. She has heard nothing of Bishop Rosati since Saturday when she submitted to him a letter from Darby on the subject of the title of the land he proposed mortgaging to her. States that she will loan $4,000 to the Bishop, $2,000 to Darby, and $1,000 to W. Primm. Persons mentioned include Mr. J. Frye., 1835 May 26

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.