Letter signed John C. Abbott, Boston, to John F. Darby, Saint Louis, Missouri. Regarding the estate of Lucy Johnson. Abbott is highly pleased to learn that Darby has been elected to Congress not only on his account but for the good of the Whig cause. Abbott hopes the Whigs in Massachusetts will be triumphant in coming election but is fearful the attempted union of the Free Soilers with the Democratic party will succeed so far as to give them trouble. [filed 1850], 1850 Oct 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.