Letter signed N. Paschall, St. Louis. Reports on the operation of the newspaper; and states that the currency war is at an end. There was a close call at Quincy when money demand was made and Benoist’s man showed up with $70,000 at the proper time. Requests action on Capt. L.C. Easton’s case, in which he asked the Government to relieve him of his debt of $17,000, which was stolen by his clerk. [filed 1853 Feb], 1853 Feb 5

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.