Letter signed John Reynolds, Belleville, to Mr. Darby [John F. Darby], St. Louis, Mo. States that a small minority of his folks say he legislates more for St. Louis than for his state in the advocacy of the Atlantic & Mississippi Railroad. He is ashamed for his state. States that the turnpike charter from the river to Belleville is excellent, no appeal clause in it. Stock will produce 20% per annum. He wants to see and feel Darby and friends on the sale of it. One year of reduced prices of coal in St. Louis will pay for the road. [filed 1847], 1847 Mar 11

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.