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Discusses selling some bonds of the Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal Co. which were jointly owned by a group of men including the Remingtons. Asks for the Remingtons' views on the matter.

Letter written in the middle of Aug., to his father in Richmond, Virg., describing, almost poetically, the beauty of California and the value of its gold. Wallace concludes that if Calif. had entered the Union as a slave state, its gold could have been mined more profitably, although competition with white labor might have caused insurrection and bloodshed.

The Charles L. Anceney letters consist of two messages sent by Anceney to Edward John Carter in Helena, Mont. The first, from Hamilton, Mont., May 20, 1888, concerns the trip of Charles L. Anceney, Jr., to meet with Carter and Helena banker Thomas Cruse regarding mortgage notes and the health of a relative named "Aline." The second letter, dated Moreland, Mont., Jan. 12, 1890, reports on the condition of cattle at the Anceney holdings and the availability of feed for their maintenance.

Includes poem by the artist "Afternoon soft Florida rain ... "--P. [4]