Letter signed Jane Massey, Boonville, to [John F.] Darby. She will gratefully accept Darby’s offer of assistance. Asks him to find out where Mr. Crews is, if he succeeded in the Circuit Court, and if there is any prospect of her having anything. It is miserable not to have any money. No one else has ever served her with so much patience, fidelity, and kindness. [filed in 1881 May 13-Nov 30], 1881 July 12

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.