Letter signed Francis Valle, Saint Louis, to John F. Darby, Greenville, Wayne County. Regarding business, rent collections, and drafts. Valle saw Belt, who said the Whigs will carry the whole ticket in the county by a large majority. Valle sees by Darby’s appointments that he will not be home before the election. [filed 1850], 1850 July 3

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 4

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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.