Letter signed E. Barcroft, City Jefferson, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Darby’s letter and check of $57.20 on the Bank of Mo. for paying taxes on land described was received on the 8th. It was too late to pay the taxes at this place; arrangements were made to pay them in the counties in which the land lies. [filed 1843], 1843 Aug 17

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.