Letter signed Montgomery Blair to John F. Darby. Blair submitted Darby’s proposed contract to the solicitor of the Treasury and advised him to give it to Darby. He has not had an answer yet. He would rather serve Darby for love than for money, and could not accept a cut of Darby’s fee for getting the contract for him. [filed in 1879 Jan-Aug], 1879 Mar 10

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.