Letter signed John B. Clark, Fayette, to John F. Darby, City of Jefferson, Missouri. States that he has not had not the pleasure of the company of Messrs. Primm Chambers and Pratt before leaving Jefferson [Jefferson City]. Reynolds and Erickson are rivals for next governorship. Asks Darby to promote “the disposition as far as you can with the Democrats to make a kind of legislative nomination of a candidate for their next Govr. I mean a nomination by the Democratic members.” States that it is rather a hazardous undertaking and but few are willing to try it., 1839 Jan 11

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9

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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.