Letter signed J.J. Crittenden, Washington, to John F. Darby. Crittenden received Darby’s letter of the 27th yesterday and called this morning at the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court to see the record alluded to by Darby of Amedee Menard’s heirs vs. Samuel Massey. The clerk had received it the day before and it was not printed. It will give Crittenden pleasure to attend to the case. Inquires about the proper fee to charge. Includes envelope. (2 items) [filed 1846], 1846 Aug 4

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.