Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsWhen he was his [RMD] age, had learned to make his own opinions about cotton; made any mistakes but learned from them; it took letters much longer to travel between New Orleans and New York when he began working in [18]32; does not like to hear peoples' opinions; prefers to know facts; thinks that most cotton operators do not want to think  for themselves; must always consider quantity and price; the two should be multipled in order to determine total value; in...