Letter signed S.S. Fraser, Georgetown, S.C., to Jno. F. Darby [John F. Darby], 222 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. Describes in detail the harbor, commerce, and transportation systems of Georgetown. A railroad is proposed. The younger people have better ideas about farming than in the first decade after the war. August and September are unhealthy months. If Darby cares to spend a winter south, he will find Georgetown very pleasant; Fraser and his brother would be pleased to welcome him. [filed in 1879 Jan-Aug], 1879 July 26

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.