Letter signed T.T. Chilton, Eminence, Shannon Co., Mo., to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby], St. Louis, Mo. Lists the vote of Shannon County as Darby requested. Chilton has learned Darby’s election is sure, and the Governor is in great trouble about the way things are going on. Chilton consoled the Governor by telling him that their Reps. would vote for a Good Whig in preference to Benton. [filed 1850], 1850 Aug 30

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.