Letter signed D.W. Bouldin, San Francisco, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Bouldin’s young friend, Joseph Ahesene, showed him Darny’s letter. Bouldin met a man who has a machine that cleans mud and sand off sunken vessels. It does not raise them. If Darby is interested, he can write about the vessel he is interested in and Bouldin can put him and the man in contact. [filed in 1877 Jan-July], 1877 July 28

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.