Letter signed Jas. S. Rollins [James S. Rollins], Columbia, to John F. Darby. Introduces Dr. S.S. Laws, president of University of Missouri. Asks if Darby will ride out to Tower Grove with him and his wife and introduce them to Henry Shaw. Praises Shaw. Rollins was gratified to learn Darby was preparing a memoir of Shaw. He hopes Shaw might help the university develop its horticultural collections. [filed in 1880 Jan-June], 1880 Jan 6

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3

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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.