Letter signed Ann Biddle to John F. Darby. States that she has not written to him knowing that he had been ill, but now she wants advice as to whether she should forward a letter showing that her brother-in-law, Mr. William S. Biddle of Philadelphia, now deceased, had a few thousand dollars of hers in his possession at the time of his death. Persons mentioned include Major Harney and Mrs. Biddle [Ann Biddle]., 1835 Aug 18

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.