Letter signed P. Dexter Tiffany, San Francisco, to John F. Darby, Saint Louis, Missouri. Gives instructions for sending bill of lading for goods Darby is shipping to him by way of Cape Horn. Tiffany shall be in Washington next winter and hopes Darby’s election is successful and that he will see Darby there. Includes envelope. (2 items) [filed 1850], 1850 Aug 15

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.