Letter signed Montgomery Blair, Washington D.C., [to John F. Darby]. Blair had another talk with Judge Davis. The Judges had talked the matter over in conference and came to the conclusion that there was no good to be expected by moving in the matter. The evidence in the case against almost any man but Darby would have made a case of fraud. [filed in 1874 Sept-Dec], 1874 Dec 10

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.