This collection contains three 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. The final letter, dated January 1875, pertains to an open petition on some property in Blacksburg.