Letter signed T. Grimsley [Thornton Grimsley], St. Louis, to Jno. F. Darby [John F. Darby], Mayor of the City of St. Louis. Warns that the brother of McKintosh [McIntosh] is in the city and threatening that he will avenge the death of his brother. Recommends the immediate application of the law for if he were known to be there nothing would restrain the violence of the people., 1836 May 24

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.