Letter signed Nathan Ranney, Montreal, Canada, to Jno. F. Darby [John F. Darby]. Received Darby’s letter in the Republican, and read it with great interest. Remembers various people, including Judge Grundy and Judge Galespie. “The Democrats of our state idolized Judge Grundy.” Regretted death of Darby’s son. “W.K. Rule was one of the old and honored merchants I traded with in 1819.” [filed in 1876 Jan-Apr] , 1876 Mar 1

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 11

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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.