Letter signed Saml. Copp [Samuel Copp], Bellefontaine Cemtery Association, St. Louis, to John F. Darby, St. Louis. States that Darby entirely perverts the spirit and meaning of his letter of March 28. He did not ask for Darby’s resignation, only suggested it under certain conditions. Board has been having difficulties conducting business due to lack of quorum at meetings. Hopes Darby can attend future meetings or consider whether duty requires him to step aside. [filed in 1878], 1878 Apr 10

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 1

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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.