Letter signed I.A.H. [Mrs. Alexander Hamilton] to John F. Darby, St. Louis. “From the spiritual gift which my kind friend Mr. Darby has so liberally imparted, it would really appear that he possessed the power of divination: for he has anticipated my necessities, and most handsomely provided for my future benefit….”, 1836 May 30

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.