Contemporary copy of letter signed John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri, to Genl. C. Gratiot [Charles Gratiot], Washington City. Concerning the construction of a pier to give direction to the current of the Mississippi River, which had been committed to the direction of Capt. H.M. Shreve. Encloses resolutions made by the corporate authorities appropriating fifteen thousand dollars for the improvement of the harbor. States that the corporate authorities are willing to undertake the work under the direction and superintendence of the Engineer Department of the United States., 1837 Feb 17

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.