Correspondence, 1869 - 1875

This collection contains two letters addressed to General Wharton. The first letter, dated November 20, 1869, is from Motz & Company, a New York real estate firm, requesting information on a good location for a blast furnace. The letter alludes to Wharton's ownership of "a good iron property." The second letter, written by F. M. Farmer of Dunkard Bottom [Pulaski County, Virginia] on March 21, 1870, relates to the fees due Farmer from Wharton for the use of two mares.

An addition letter, acquired in 2011, was written to Wharton regarding an open petition on some property in Blacksburg. It is dated January 1875.