Scope and Contents Letters received; thinks he [WM] should reconsider having a drummer; instructs him on how to conduct business and tells him to be frugal; meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce; Capt[ain[ Grover's affairs; letters he will write; cotton and tobacco; Mr. Pollard and Dunlivie; the Rathbones; Mr. L[atham] and he are upset that he [WM] told Mr. P[ollard?] what they said about Twenty-four; Mr. Jalkeld has returned to New Orleans and he [JM] feels bad that she should have to leave her family...