Letter signed A.G. Harrison, Mount Sterling, Ky., to Jno. F. Darby [John F. Darby], St. Louis, Mo. Encloses the receipt of Major Sandford for an account for $303.69 against the steamboat Assynaboin. The writer understands that the boat belongs to the Fur Company in St. Louis and would like the account settled if correct, but if Captain Bennett should deny the account there would be no other alternative but a suit. Persons mentioned include Nathaniel A. Wilkinson, Angus McNeil, Jas. I. Chewning [James I. Chewning], Jno. M. Chilton [John M. Chilton], and John R. McMurdo. Places mentioned include Vicksburg and New Orleans., 1835 Nov 17

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2

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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.