...mmittee, these letters abound in friendly gossip about their common acquaintances, the hard times, and the bank suspensions of 1857. On November 24th of that year he enclosed a bill of exchange on Rothschild , and expressed the hope that the house would not stop before paying it. He adds: We are over the agony here, and have passed into a sort of coma or stupor so far as money affairs are concerned...