Letter signed James C. Campbell, Saint Louis, Mo., to John F. Darby, Washington City. States that he is glad to hear Darby’s health is improving. Discusses Darby’s son’s death, Mrs. Darby’s health, etc. It has been a warm winter; the river was open all winter. Case & Co. want a railroad down Broadway from Bremen to the Arsenal, $1,000 a year for 30 years. This is another bone of contention between people in the city and those on the outskirts. [filed 1853 Feb], 1853 Feb 14

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.