Copy of letter signed John F. Darby, Saint Louis, Missouri, to W.O. Lofland, Esq., Memphis, Tennessee. Regarding land claims of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines. Before long her whole claims will be barred by the statute of limitations. Darby is willing to prosecute her claims for a contingent fee, and requests Lafland write to him about her terms. [filed in 1872 Sept-Dec], 1872 Sept 2

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.