Letter signed John Kerr, Yanceyville, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri. Discusses the slaves mentioned in other letters being brought to Missouri. They have been “run off” to Texas. Also mentions that Mr. Wiley informed him that his grandchildren are being mistreated by Hooper’s wife. [filed 1846], 1846 June 1

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2

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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.