Letter signed Montgomery Blair, Washington, D.C., to John F. Darby. Thanks Darby for the copy of the Republican with the well-written notice of Trusten Polk. Gives his recollections of Polk and their political differences. “We had not in our community a more truly Christian gentleman than Trusten Polk, or one with a higher sense of duty.” [filed in 1876 Jan-Apr], 1876 Apr 24

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.