Draft of John F. Darby of letter to Editor of the Missouri Republican. Comments on a memoir of Charles Gratiot by Frederick Billon, published in the Republican, which criticized an obituary notice written by Darby regarding Mrs. DeMun, the last surviving child of Charles Gratiot. Darby had reviewed his piece with Billon before its publication. Also discusses Gratiot’s role in Louisiana Purchase, and activities of George Rogers Clark in 1778. [filed in 1878], 1878 Aug 29

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.