Letter signed L.M. Kennett, Washn. [Washington], to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. States that he has used his best efforts to protect their lead and hemp. Kennett will send Darby his remarks on the subject of reducing the tariff. He does not think any great change will be made this session. Congress seems little disposed to do anything at all. Kennett begins to despair of getting the western river improvement bill passed, not having as yet obtained the floor to call it up. [filed 1857], 1857 Feb 6

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.