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Bill for groceries and medicine. Includes an 1855 tax receipt for the sums Huntington is to distribute to Columbus, New York, after collecting taxes.

J.D. is staying in Boston, where she is being treated for back and stomach ailments. Describes her water treatments, medicine, price of services, etc. The medical boarding house is quite full. Notes that one "female assistant" fell ill with rheumatic fever and was removed to a "thompsonian," possibly for herbal treatment.

Thoughts and advice on leaving home for college. Describes life as a medical student, the use of cadavers, and the merits of dissection. Notes taking a friend to an anatomy lecture on the brain and his reaction to the dissected cadaver.

Unable to illustrate Reeve’s book for lack of time and unwillingness to risk his reputation if his work did not meet his usual standards. Proposes that he do only some figures.

Notes the economic depression and his uncertainty of being able to collect payments from patients. Unhappy with Richmond and thinks of moving, as charlatans do well in the area. Is preparing two students to attend dentistry school, possibly the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Believes the dentistry college needs better publicity. Has difficulty incorporating "the Virginia Society," due to local intransigence.

Handwritten Phrenological Analysis accompanied by a printed and filled in Phrenological Chart created specifically for Lee’s use. Indicates that Richardson has an active and durable temperament and that he is physically active, ambitious, cunning, benevolent and generous, vigilant, hopeful, honest, and that he has a good memory. "No particular love of taking life, nor aversion when it is necessary." Chart includes an illustration of a head with the various sections of the skull labeled with numbers or symbols. Below Is a list of each numbered organ along with the feelings and intellectual faculties associated with each. A scale is provided for "showing the size of the Organs," with 1 being the lowest ("Idiotic") and 10 being the highest ("Very Large"). The four temperaments are also listed out, and Lee gave Richardson a score of 1 for sanguine and nervous, 2 for bilious, and 0 for lymphatic. Section for "inferences" at the bottom of the chart, with Lee’s handwritten notes.

Travelling on a lecture circuit. Unhappy with giving lectures in rooms rather than theatres.

Detailing the final sickness and death of a brother from "dropsy in the head." Comments on grief, the corpse, and funeral sermon. Notes health of various family members, some suffering from rheumatism, and suspected deaths. Mentions a local man who moved west and is accused of stealing property. Discusses crops and her flock of chickens.

Discussing seeing an amateur exhibition of “Animal Magnetism” including witnessing two women in a “state of Magnetistic Sleep,” experiments about getting them to move, and challenging efforts to wake them. “They know how to make passes because they had seen Poyen or some other operator do so before.” Features some racist language. N.B. Charles Poyen was a French professor who helped to popularize mesmerism.

Attended on a rich woman during her recent childbirth, which frustrated "The old Doctor in the neighbourhood." Has been "gaining the good graces of the better portion of our female community-- an acquisition so essential to the success and prosperity of a medical practitioner." Will be travelling to witness a will and attend to a sick friend. Notes the growth of the "Native American Party" in New York City. "Both parties Whig & Democrat here meet on common ground, and bind themselves to promote the best interests of our free institutions, excluding all foreigners from any holding of offices." Went to the museum to see "a litteral and living 'Tom Thumb' ... he is a perfect Lilliputian." Mentions his status as a bachelor but is seeking a partner. See also G[eorge] C[rosby] Finch ALS to [Hiram Bennett], June 1, 1840.