Letter signed Geo. E. Earlie, Lake Geneva, Wis., to John F. Darby, St. Louis. Earlie is favorably impressed with Darby’s scheme and believes there is big money in it. Discusses two people who are involved with ranching. Asks Darby to send particulars of the locations of his base of operations, amount of capital required, etc. [filed in 1881 Jan-Feb], 1881 Feb 2

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.