Letter signed Walter H. Darby, County Bridge West, Missoula, Montana, to Mrs. N.K. Beauregard, Historical Society. Last May he sent the Society a lot of manuscripts, including a song sung for his father at Lynchburg, Va., in 1824 by Susan Anthony. Asks her to return that song to him and he will send it back. Enclose some articles pertaining to his family. Includes copy of the song. (2 items), 1915 May 23

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.