Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

Letter addressed to his brothers in Nashville, Tennessee, trying to solicit correspondence in return. Struggling financially and with farming stating, "I begins to fear I have not much turn for farming" and "…if I can manage to make Buckle and tongue meet this year I think I shall be lucky." A. J. B. Whitlock appears in Granby, Missouri, in the 1860 U.S. Census, working as a farmer.

Baruch requests Sullivan's company on a trip to South Carolina along with Ralph Pulitzer, William Glasgow, and others. Baruch expresses his regrets over the purchase of the Evening Post by Munsey. Discusses the agricultural bloc's hope of getting better representation on the Federal Reserve Board.