Letter signed J. Wilkinson, Perry County, to John F. Darby, favor of J. Brazeau, St. Louis, Mo. States that he will send a full reply as soon as he has leisure. He is sorry that the Capt. [Captain Wilkinson] is away and that Miss Brazeau goes up with her brother. He thinks that a visit of one or two days from Darby will clear the coast and give ample opportunity of satisfying himself as to past occurrences and as to Miss __’s present feelings. Persons mentioned include Miss Brazeau and Miss Mary., 1836 Mar 20

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3

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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.