Copy of letter signed John F. Darby to the Editor of the Missouri Republican. Corrects an article about the history of Lafayette Park, which attributed establishment of the park to L.M. Kennet. The park was actually established after Darby, as Mayor, got the General Assembly to authorize division and sale of the St. Louis Commons. Discusses how Darby et al, including surveyor Charles D’Ward, examined the commons and determined the location for the park, and enactment of ordinance establishing park. [filed in 1876 May-Dec], 1876 July 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.