Letter signed J.E. Bryan, Oswego, Kansas, to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Bryan saw in the Globe-Democrat that Darby would reply to Judge Krane’s statement that Daniel Boone could not read or write. He has seen some of Boone’s writing with his signature appended, in a round, smooth, clear hand. Bryan’s father had the writing. His grandfather, Jonathan Bryan, was a near neighbor to Boone on the Femme Osage creek. His father knew Boone. [filed in 1881 May 13-Nov 30], 1881 May 19

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 5

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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.