Letter signed T.H. Becker, Central City, Colorado, to J.F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Wants Henry Becker to go into shoe business. Becker has been informed by an anonymous letter that Henry is about to marry a Miss Baker, against Becker’s wishes. Asks Darby to try to get the marriage delayed. [filed in 1873 Oct-Dec], 1873 Nov 7

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.