Copy of letter signed John F. Darby to the Editor of the Times. Comments on a piece in the Times in which Colonel Stephens was quoted as saying that if Darby had either heard him or read the manuscript he would not have troubled the Republican with a communication that is garrulous and a studied distortion and misrepresentation of the facts. Darby states he quoted Col. Stephens’ speech as printed in the Republican and reported in the Globe-Democrat. He has always had good relations with Mr. Allen and did him full and ample justice. [filed in 1880 Jan-June], 1880 Apr 23

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.