Charles Collins Letter to Thomas Rotch, New York, the first day fourth month, 1812

Merchant Charles Collins requests information about the availability of cotton in Ohio since members of the Society of Friends would prefer to purchase cotton from non-slave states. He also mentions that while he is obliged to buy his supplies of coffee, sugar, molasses and rice from Haiti and South America where slaves provide the primary means of production, he would prefer to obtain these products in the United States. 8.5" x 9.5"(21.6 x 24.13 cm