Letter signed Wm. H. Collins [William H. Collins], New Franklin, Howard Co. [Howard County], to Uncle. States that everybody, well and unwell, is rushing to Macon City to get their exemptions. Mentions trouble with negroes at a party in his neighborhood, and states that a man from Arkansas said Jo Shelby is going to make a raid in a short time. [filed 1863], 1863 Dec 25

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 10

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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.