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Summary:Correspondence and legal documents of a cotton planter in India; including 25 Apr. 1840, Fairfield District, S.C., legal agreement of James Morris of Chicot County, Ark., granting power of attorney to Elisha Morris, noting the need to collect some $5700 owed to Morris by two men in Natchez, Miss; letter, 26 Dec. 1842, to "My Dear Brother" [Ephraim Morris], Monticello, S.C., re disappointments sustained during his first three years in India, describing unsuccessful attempts to cultivate cotton, discussing impressions of Indian culture, with remarks on religion, people, sati, and the caste system