Letter signed Robert Wilson, Huntsville, Mo., to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Regarding Mr. Collins’ estate. States that the President’s message has just been read and it does not meet the expectations of the more ardent and sanguine Whigs. The President’s omission of the recommendation of repeal of the Subtreasury and several of his positions in relation to a national bank are the matters objected to by Wilson. [filed 1841 Mar-Dec], 1841 June 17

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.