Letter signed Hiram H. Baber, Auditor’s Office, City of Jefferson, Missouri, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Baber did not find lands taxed to Siter, Price & Co. He advises that Darby send up the description of the land by its numbers to wit: no. of survey, to whom granted, section, Township, and Range. When this is done Darby’s request will be attended to. [filed 1842], 1842 June 7

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12

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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.