Letter signed W.F. Sanders, Helena, Montana, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. The Historical Society of Montana is interested in expeditions from St. Louis to the upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers since 1795. Request Darby’s assistance in communicating with the Historical Society in Missouri regarding its collections. The Montana Society especially desires the reminiscences of survivors of expeditions from 1820-1840. [filed in 1873 Jan-Sept], 1873 Aug 16

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 8

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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.