Letter signed A.C. Dodge, Burlington, Iowa, to John Fletcher Darby, Saint Louis, Mo. Thanks Darby for his communication to the Republican about Washington Square. Dodge knew many of the people mentioned. He had heard of the duel between Riely and Smith, who was proverbial for being a gentleman in whose bosom the angry passions ran riot. Thanks Darby for the account of the murder trial at Edwardsville involving Felix Grundy. [filed in 1877 Jan-July], 1877 Mar 15

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 12

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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.