Letter signed Siter, Price & Co., Philadelphia, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Regarding the collecting of the debt of J & E Hawkins, Hannibal, Mo. Elijah Hawkins is a minor and the writers ask for advice as to whether or not they can pursue the father of the same name and hold him responsible. Persons mentioned include Thomas Halloway, John and Elijah Hawkins, Hawkins & Sanders, and Nicholas McCarty. Places mentioned include Indianapolis, Indiana; Philadelphia; and Newton, Indiana. [filed 1840], 1840 Jan 17

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10

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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.