Copy of letter signed John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri, to D.W. Bouldin, San Francisco, Cal. Darby wrote to Bouldin yesterday to send on the parties who wish to engage to look after sunken vessels in the Mississippi River. There are many. He has clients who are old river pilots who know the locations. The water is getting low and from now to December is the time to operate. [filed in 1877 Aug-Dec], 1877 Aug 22

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.