Letter signed James S. Rollins, University of the State of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., to John F. Darby, St. Louis, Mo. Rollins forwarded Darby’s letter on internal improvements to Mr. Hyde for publication. He will find it in the supplement of the Republican of the 19th. Rollins will have it published in several county papers and may have it published in a bound volume with similar pamphlets. He has a large album of photographs of friends. Asks if Darby has a spare photograph to add. [filed in 1881 May 13-Nov 30], 1881 Nov 21

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 5

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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.