Letter signed Geo. W. Dent [George W. Dent], San Francisco, Cal., to [John F.] Darby. Regarding Lane family and James Lane. Dent was the oldest American-born person in St. Louis at one time. Recalls hanging and burning of African Americans, the only dark spot in history of St. Louis. [filed in 1873 Jan-Sept], 1873 Sept 19

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.