Letter signed M.A. Lysaght, Saint Joseph, Mo. to Uncle [John F. Darby]. She did not feel at liberty to write to Mary. She was suffering in health and disease of the heart. Her baby Bertha Mary is three weeks old and not well. She hopes Julia and Mary will write to her. [filed in 1879 Sept-Dec], 1879 Nov 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.