Letter signed Eliza G. Post, Bridgeton, St. Louis Co., Mo. to John F. Darby. Regarding her pension, and her refusal to permit Darby to move the body of her husband. She went to Bridgeton with two witnesses and signed the vouchers etc. She will send them to Darby to examine. [filed in 1872 Jan-Aug], 1872 May 11

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 7

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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.