Words of a hymn on letterhead of Banking House of J.F. Darby in John F. Darby’s hand. Note on bottom of page: “These are the last words of my father when he left St. Louis after the robbery of his Estate to go to Mrs. Julia E. Darby Taylors place at Pendleton, Warren County, Missouri, and where he died, May 11, 1882.” Miscellaneous, 1882 May

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 7

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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.