Letter signed John F. Darby, St. Louis, Missouri, to John J. Anderson, No. 18 West 9th St., New York. Darby would expect to be paid if the editor of the Sun wishes to publish Darby’s sketch on David Barton. Darby has an idea of publishing a book of incidents about men and times of St. Louis and the west. Asks for Anderson’s assistance in finding a publisher in New York. Darby helped get Anderson appointed as Clerk of Board of Aldermen in St. Louis, and asks return of that kindness. [filed in 1878], 1878 Dec 18

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.