Letter signed P. Dexter Tiffany, St. Louis, to John F. Darby, House of Reps., Washington City. Tiffany has been busy buying property from Gabriel Chouteau, part of the Chouteau mill tract (Pierre Chouteau’s interest). Mentions that the city is paving streets within the old city limits, purchasing the Lucas block opposite Yeatman’s. Discusses the contested election of Belt & Wimer. Whigs and Benton men have elected B. Pratte president of their bank, and most of the directors are Whigs. Also mentions McPherson, the Iron Mountain Railroad, the war on currency, and Page & Bacon. [filed 1853 Jan 1-31], 1853 Jan 20

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.