Rough draft letter to the Medical Society of the City of St. Louis and to the Surgeon Dentist of St. Louis. Regarding taxing those in the medical profession. Congratulations on having the General Assembly of Missouri invalidate a City of St. Louis tax ordinance on doctors and other professions. Reference to Dr. Warren, killed at Bunker Hill. Notes that many on City Council who voted for the tax were recently defeated. [filed in 1879 Jan-Aug], 1879 Apr 14

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2

Staff Only

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.