Letter signed Wilkinson Call, Jacksonville, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. When Call’s parents came away from St. Louis, they left portraits of themselves when young with Mr. and Mrs. Paca, who were relatives of the Dallams. Could Darby make some inquirie to find and recover the portraits? [filed in 1877 Aug-Dec], 1877 Nov 24

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.