Letter signed Archibald Gamble, St. Louis, to John F. Darby. States that the books about which Darby wrote have been in the office for some time. The box clerks said Darby’s little son was informed that there were two sacks of documents for him, which the son probably forgot to mention. Gamble will retain them until Darby returns or makes some other disposition of them. [filed 1853 Jan 1-31], 1853 Jan 8

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 7

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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.