Letter signed Jno. Perry [John Perry], Potosi, to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby], Mayor of St. Louis. States that he will be up in eight or ten days and pay the money as stated on the Wiggins business. He will also hold Lucas to his offer if possible, but the old fellow is as hard to hold as an eel., 1835 July 13

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.