Letter signed Geo. T.M. Davis [George T.M. Davis], Washington, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Regarding Darby’s business at the General Land Office. Benton takes his defeat hard and swears vengeance both here and hereafter against all who in anyway participated in bringing it about. It is difficult to say whether the Whigs or Democrats are more pleased, saving and reserving the Free Soilers of both parties who were strongly for him and do not disguise their mortification at his defeat. [filed 1851 Jan-Mar], 1851 Jan 25

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 5

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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.