Letter signed Wm. Limrick [William Limrick], Lexington, Mo., to J.F. Darby. Limrick saw in the Missouri Republican on March 23 an advertisement about the sale next May 5 of the remaining assets of Darby’s bankruptcy, consisting of large tracts of land. He thinks publication should continue until the sale to attract more bidders. Asks if he should appear at the sale, and what would be a good purchase. He hopes the sale will free Darby from indebtedness. [filed in 1881 Mar-May 11], 1881 Mar 25

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.