One letter from Archibald B. Clark to Virgil Cornish, the acting Steward at the Hartford Retreat for the Insane in Hartford, Connecticut. Clark asks for information about his son, Frederick Clark, who he describes as an inmate. He notes further remittance will be made to Cornish as soon as he can sell his cotton crop. Clark would like to know the state of his son's health and his prospects for recovery and confirms that he will pay any expenses.