Letter signed Nathan Ranney to John F. Darby. Reviews life as a sutler at Bellefontaine, and as chief clerk on the Yellowstone Expedition with Smith & Hawley, sutlers. He was replaced by Col. O’Fallon as result of the influence of Gov. Clark and the territorial officers and unjust representations to John C. Calhoun; was forced by circumstances to work for O’Fallon for $300 per annum and room and board. Ranney lost money from bad bank paper. [filed in 1875 Jan-July], 1875 July 12

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 10

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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.