Letter signed H.D. Bacon, San Francisco, to John F. Darby, 222 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo. Business in San Francisco is not active. Judge Crockett is trying to make a living in law. Ruben Knox was drowned in 1852. Dr. Frank Knox resides in the upper part of the state or Oregon. [filed in 1881 May 13-Nov 30], 1881 July 5

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.