Letter signed A.J. Pickett, Marshall, Saline Co., Mo., to John F. Darby, St. Louis. Pickett has expended a large sum in connection with a steamer sunk on the Missouri in 1821 with stores and specie to pay soldiers and Native American annuities at what was then called the Upper Fort, now Leavenworth. Does Darby have any information about this? He understands Darby has a similar venture. Pickett is expecting a pump from St. Louis. [filed in 1880 Jan-June], 1880 June 10

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.