Letter signed S.S. Fraser, Office of County Treasurer, Georgetown, S.C., to John F. Darby, 222 Pine St., St. Louis. It came to mind to have Darby’s article from the St. Louis Republican republished in some of the South Carolina state papers, and to supplement it with a series of articles on the importance of pushing through the Georgetown railroad. Discusses railroad routes and financing of railroad construction. Can Darby point out a level-headed influential railroad man to advise? [filed in 1879 Jan-Aug], 1879 Aug 11

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2

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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.