Letter signed H.D. Bacon, San Francisco, to John F. Darby, St. Louis. States that he tries to keep informed about St. Louis. Many old friends have died. Mr. Holt was maintained by his many friends, who lent him money. He was 80-83 when he died. Bacon first knew him as a business man in St, Louis in 1835 in the firm Rickston & Holt. [filed in 1880 Jan-June], 1880 Jan 13

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.