Letter signed Lyman C. Draper, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, to John F. Darby. Asks if Darby has a spare copy of his article in the St. Louis Republican of last October 13 on the King’s Mountain battle. Draper is preparing a volume on King’s Mountain, and has been collecting material on it for 40 years. Inquires about Darby’s grandfather. Mentions certain participants in the King’s Mountain battle. [filed in 1880 July-Nov], 1880 Nov 20

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.