Box 2

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Cholera still prevalent. Lebanon depopulated by migration and death. Death of Mr. Morris.

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Asks Handy to promote his interests with a reliable company in Philadelphia.

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Cholera epidemic. Comments on Handy's good fortune to live with his adopted daughter and her children. Wishes he could join Handy in a trip to Wilmington. News of Presbyterian church.

Scope and Contents Tells of trip across Atlantic in 16 days. Took steamboat from the harbor up the Weser to Bremen, an old city, within the ramparts of which has been built the New City. Under the City Hall he had some wine from the famous wine cellars, vintage of 1624. Large tobacco business. Free port. Cotton market increasing. Germans are turning to the manufacture of cotton. Business suffering from Danish blockade, expected to be withdrawn. Stays at best hotel, Hellman, at one half the price it would cost...

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Trouble with the cotton crop-- rain, frost, floods, bowl worn." Intends to send his daughter to Philadelphia or Virginia to school, his son to Washington College in Virginia. Sends greeting to his cousins, George and John Martin; Jas. and Jno. Richards; Mr. & Mrs. Bates.

Scope and Contents Describes the surrounding countryside as very beautiful. Very fashionable resort. Surprised at absence of intoxicating drinks and travel on Sunday. Superior coaches and roads. With freedom from slavery, he thinks it would be a glorious country. Thinks this will surely come, although it may be postponed by foreign intervention. Blacks treated well in this section. Springs have temperature of 98 degrees; very beneficial. He is on his way home. Travels 20 to 30 miles a day by coach with his...

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Asks Handy to further his interests with a Mr. Fisher, representative of the English of Morrison Bros. & Co. Cotton crop very poor. One-half of usual crop.

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Lists his expenses, which Handy has arranged to meet. Asks more money for winter. Likes Princeton. Good library. 140 students. Likes his professors, especially one Dr. Alexander. Acknowledges receipt of draft. Asks $20 more.

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Tobacco market good in New Orleans. Has moved to Bon Air for his health. Speaks constantly of death.

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Is on his way to Philadelphia.

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Acknowledges receipt of money.

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Directions about finances of his nephew at Princeton.

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Orders household articles for his wife, Rosa.

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Is recovering from his illness. Has met a friend of Handy's, a Mr. Hoffman from New Orleans.

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Business matter.

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Asks for money for herself and widowed sister, who are in great need.

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Account sales for peaches sold for Handy. Poor sale.

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Sympathizes with Handy on death of his small grandson. Is in better health after visit to Bon Air.

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Orders utensils for his fireplace and an invention to keep the chimney from smoking.

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Speaks of explosion of boilers on steamboat "Louisiana." He was on another boat and narrowly escaped. Lives with Robert Powell, who had also reserved a room for Handy, but regrets to hear that Handy's company has gone out of business, and Handy will not be in New Orleans for the winter. It appears that Allen is a preacher.

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Business. Sorry to hear of dissolution of Handy's firm.

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Asks for money. Sickness in the seminary.

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Asks return of some letters. Jos. Allen encloses note.

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Orders new pair of gold-rimmed spectacles like those he bought in 1842.

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Describes Christmas scenes. Healthful surroundings, pleasant weather, in contrast to last year's cholera epidemic. News of friends--Powell, Whiteman. Encloses letter to McAllister.