Letter signed W.H. Ashley [William Henry Ashley], House of Repts. Acknowledges receipt of a printed petition, a copy of which has been forwarded to the Chairman of the Committee on private land claims. States that no one feels more than he does the justice of the claim of the legal representatives of Dubuque to the grant of land mentioned in the petition, and that no one is more disposed to such a course as will ensure to those claimants the enjoyment of the property to which he thinks them entitled., 1837 Feb 3

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6

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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.