Letter signed J. Clark Tracy, Central City, Ills., to Friend [John F. Darby]. Tracy arrived home after being snow-bound 8 days on the road. Discusses pending lawsuit. He will make every effort to find his brother in Colorado, where most western roads have stopped running. They can prove Capt. J.C. Morrow as a man of low associates at the time of his will. [filed in 1881 Mar-May 11], 1881 Mar 10

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.