Letter signed Wm. M. McPherson [William M. McPherson], Jefferson City, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Regarding Darby’s concern and McPherson’s interest in voting for the Catholic cemetery bill. So far as cemeteries are concerned, McPherson has charge of a bill to incorporate the Wesleyan Cemetery and would cheerfully take charge of a dozen more charters if any St. Louis citizens should want them passed. Also regarding the Senatorial race, Geyer, and Leslie. Discussion of Whigs in Jefferson City. [filed 1851 Jan-Mar], 1851 Jan 17

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 5

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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.