Twenty-six manuscripts, 1851–1854 and undated, document business dealings of the Newberry firm of Pope & Cameron and consist chiefly of correspondence discussing market conditions and prices current for cotton and flour as well as the settlement of accounts and payment of debts.

Among the businessmen or firms represented are Rice Dulin, Thomas Stenhouse, William Hennies, Reeder & DeSaussure, William Milliken, and S.C. & J.C. Chambers. Included also is a business card from T. Stenhouse & Co., Forwarding and Commission Merchants, Charleston, S.C.