Letter signed J. Houghton, Las Vegas, New Mexico, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. In 1848 as Public Administrator, Darby took charge of the effects of Francisco Robledo of New Mexico, who committed suicide on the Missouri River, including a paymaster’s draft for $5750 and papers relating to a claim against the government for grain destroyed in N.M. during the Taos insurrection of 1847. Houghton believes nothing was done with the claim, and inquires how to get the original papers for the widow and sons. [filed in 1874 Sept-Dec], 1874 Nov 12

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 9

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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.