Letter signed J.C. Tracy, Central City, to Friend [John F. Darby]. Regarding a pending law suit. L.P. Tracy has acknowledged receipt of money. He says he cannot come right away. He is one of their best witnesses. Tracy supposes they can do nothing until they can get him into court. Discusses tactics in law suit. [filed in 1881 Jan-Feb], 1881 Jan 13

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 4

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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.