Letter signed P. Dexter Tiffany, St. Louis, to John F. Darby, House of Reps., Washington City. Regarding the bidding and sale of Crockett properties. Daniel D. Page arrived from California looking thinner than when he went away. Hamilton decided there should be a new count of votes between Wimer and Belt for sheriff. Comments on the cold rainy weather. [filed 1852 Mar-Nov], 1852 Nov 22

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 6

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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.