Letter signed Abel Rathbone Corbin, Washington, to John F. Darby. The claim of John Anderson has again received favorable consideration from the Committee on Claims of the House of Representatives, and a bill for his relief has been reported and placed upon the calendar. [filed 1848 Jan-July], 1848 Jan 15

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3

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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.