Letter signed Lewis V. Bogy, St. Louis, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Encloses the recommendations of several gentleman who want him (Bogy) to be appointed City Attorney. The few names on the list are accounted for by the fact that Bogy had heard that the Mayor did not care for recommendations and then later heard that some of the other candidates were sending in recommendations., 1835 Sept 20

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.