Letter signed E.F. Hynes, West Plains, Mo., to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Hynes will do what he can to create a market for Mrs. Papin’s land. Discusses current market for land. As to the “Key of Libby Prison,” he was among the first troops in Richmond at the time of the capture, April 1865. He was an acting assistant Provost Marshall and took the key while the city was in an uproar. He also has a small piece of the chain used by Jeff Davis when he was president. If of interest, he will send it to Darby. [filed in 1881 May 13-Nov 30], 1881 Nov 9

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.