Letter signed J.B. Stockton, Cairo, Ills., to Chas H. Branscomb [Charles H. Branscomb], Senate Missouri. Regarding ferry at Cairo granted by the Illinois Legislature and owned by Copperhead parties. A number of loyal men are trying to break the charter. Asks for Branscomb’s assistance to pass charter for the loyal men to operate the ferry. [filed 1867], 1867 Jan 29

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 1

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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.