Letter signed Lewis Papin, Globe City, Arizona Territory, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Has not heard from Cass; he may be in Silver City. Papin does not think this is the place for him unless he has entirely stopped drinking. Miners are shooting people as a result of drinking. Papin is doing well in business for his age of 20. Native Americans are very troublesome. Papin is in a band of 50 for mutual defense. [filed in 1876 May-Dec], 1876 Sept 21

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.