Letter signed G.K. McGunnegle, Saint Louis, to John F. Darby, Washington City. The bill to amend the City charter has passed, as have the currency bill and revenue bill, the bill to tax brokers and money lenders. The bill to prohibit unconstitutional banking has passed the lower branch but would receive its death from the Senate. [filed 1841 Jan-Feb], 1841 Feb18

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11

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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.