Letter signed L.F. Linn, Washington City, to Mr. J.C. Blair. States that long before the receipt of Blair’s petition relating to the claim of Julian Dubuque, he (Linn) had reported to the Senate a bill providing for the legal adjustment of that claim. He will try to have the bill passed next session., 1837 Feb 27

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.