Letter signed Ann Biddle to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby]. States that application has been made to her to purchase the lot adjoining Mr. Sarpy, and she asks advice as to what terms would be advantageous. She will take no less than $3,800 and ten percent interest. Mentions that Bishop Rosati will be in town Saturday, and on Monday she will conclude his loan. Persons mentioned include Gov. Miller, Mr. Swearinger, and Mr. Primm [Wilson Primm]., 1835 June 4

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2

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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.