Letter signed A.C. Dodge, Washington, D.C., to J.F. Darby [John F. Darby]. Asks that Darby do him a favor by asking his friends of the Republican to insert his (Dodge’s) speech in favor of the organization of Territorial governments for Nebraska and Kansas. That paper has a wide circulation in Iowa, and Dodge hopes to bring as many Whigs to his support as he shall lose Democrats upon the question. [filed 1854], 1854 Mar 11

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 8

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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.