Rough draft of letter signed John F. [Darby], St. Louis, Missouri, to Major Genl. W.S. Hancock of the United States Army, Governor’s Island, New York. Hancock’s kind remembrance of Darby and his family was felt and appreciated. He is determined to have Hancock elected President. Darby wrote a piece for the Republican last spring but it had its heart on Tilden. He could not get that paper to say anything about Hancock. [filed in 1880 July-Nov], 1880 Aug 30

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.