Letter signed W.T. Sherman, General, Headquarters Army of the United States, Washington, D.C., to John F. Darby, 222 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo. Sherman did not know that Darby was a connection of his predecessor, General Wilkinson. The Army is about to move into new headquarters. Sherman’s aid de camp is collecting photographs of all commanding generals, and has all but one of Wilkinson. Asks Darby to have a photograph taken and mounted of the miniature Darby has of Wilkinson, and send it to Sherman, at Sherman’s expense, after October 1. Includes copy of letter in Darby’s hand. (2 items) [filed in 1878], 1878 Aug 11

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 1

Staff Only

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.