Letter signed Henrietta D. Bailey, Richland Plantation, near Alexandria, La., to John F. Darby. Darby’s old friend, her husband, died last October. He made memoranda of property he had owned, to which her relinquishment had not been made. The most valuable he designated was 5 acres in St. Louis on Chouteau’s Pond. Darby was his attorney in that, as well as the farm in Washington County, Illinois. She trusts he will do all he can to obtain what is due to her. She has employed a lawyer to get her dower; if she is not satisfied with him, she will try to go to St. Louis to get assistance. [filed in 1879 Jan-Aug], 1879 Jan 8

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2

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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.