Letter signed G.K. McGunnegle, Saint Louis, to John F. Darby, Washington City, D.C. Regarding his chances for Surveyor & Inspector for with Col. O’Fallon backing him. Churchill wants the Post Office or Printing; George Boggs is out with a petition for the Post Office; and McGunnegle heard Keemle declined the Superintendence of Indian Affairs. Grimsley has announced himself for mayor. [filed 1841 Jan-Feb], 1841 Feb 19

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.