Letter signed A.C. Dodge, Burlington, Iowa, to John F. Darby, Saint Louis, Mo. Dodge was interested in Darby’s published letter of November 6, 1881, to Hon. James S. Rollins on internal improvements in Missouri. Darby is a pioneer in the great work of internal improvements. Mentions that Jones called at Darby’s home and office and regretted not seeing him. [filed in 1881 May 13-Nov 30], 1881 Nov 29

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.