Letter signed John P. Kennedy, Navy Department, to John F. Darby, House of Reps. Regarding Darby’s letter from George L. Nicholls. The vessel under command of Lieut. Page will sail in a few days to Rio de la Plate. She is not fitted for the accommodation of passengers and the complement of officers and crew is now filled. [filed 1853 Jan 1-31], 1853 Jan 25

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.