Letter from Edward Barnwell to mother and sister, both Catherine Osborn Barnwell. Barnwell describes the cuisine in France and the cessation of all work during meals and notes the success he is having in securing orders for cotton. August 3, 1857.
Letter from Edward Barnwell to mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, while visiting France on business. Edward describes the French countryside and the wealthy "spinners" he has met while seeking purchasers for sea-island cotton and mentions seeing Napoleon III. 1857.