Letter signed T.H. Becker, Central City, Colorado, to J.F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. States that he received Darby’s reminiscences of the St. Louis University. Does not want his son Henry to work in a bank. Has heard that Capt. Baker’s family in South St. Louis has marriageable girls and have set snares for Henry. Becker has best mining property in Colorado. [filed in 1873 Oct-Dec], 1873 Oct 26

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.