Letter signed R. Remington, 22 Old Broad Street, London, to Jno. F. Darby [John F. Darby]. Suggests that a party of rich men buy acres of land in Iowa, Kansas, or Missouri to induce people to settle them. Asks if there is anything in the laws of those states or of Michigan or Wisconsin which would interfere with such a land company. [filed 1856], 1856 Apr 4

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 9

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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.