Letter signed Henrietta D. Bailey, Richland Plantation, to John F. Darby. She trusts Darby will take the necessary steps to obtain her dower in the land in Washington City, Illinois. She did not sign away her dower rights on land in Washington City, Ill., nor to that property in St. Louis. Recites facts regarding her life and marriage. She hopes he will push this case as fast as he can. [filed in 1879 Jan-Aug], 1879 Mar 6

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.