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Program for a meeting of the Essex Institute featuring a display of local marine invertebrates, including some under microscopes, and an address by Edward S. Morse. Specimens all acquired in the Salem area. Includes prints of aquatic life.

Regrets not being able to respond to requests that require investigation, due to his busy schedule. Comments on botanical specimens sent to him and his numerous foreign correspondents. Is having difficulty arranging his collection and hoped his daughter could help remove duplicates, and gives short notes on assistants. Discusses possible trades in specimens. Experiences respiratory distress. A death notice for William Wilson and his interment at Hill Cliff Cemetery is also enclosed.

Promoting and seeking information on peat fuel. Believes it to be a rising industry, as people grow weary of the cost and effects of their current fuel sources. Advocates it for use in "steam service both stationary and locomotive, as also marine," smelting and working with iron, and the production of bricks and glass. Produces machinery to make peat fuel.

Blank illustrated form with directions to provide measurements for prosthetic leg from B. Frank Palmer's "The Palmer Limbs." With diagram of legs and areas to take measurements. "THIS BLANK will be filled in case of amputation BELOW THE KNEE. A PHYSICIAN, or an ingenious man, should assist. Use a MECHANIC'S TAPE." Several notes appear on verso, including names and residences and the statement "See my new Boots. See how they fit."

Feels isolated in Ohio, not spending much time in public except to vote. Studies natural science, horticulture, bee culture, and agriculture. Remembers Durham and describes associates in East Rockport. Comments on railroads, the improvement and use of lands in Ohio, and a grandson who had emotional difficulties. Traveled to Florida, where he met a woman and her family suffering economically after the war. Made their living with flower and vegetable gardening, practicing botany, and collecting local specimens. Gave him some shells and insects.

Recovering from a cold and uses sage tea to help with his night sweat. Notes a local man sick with typhoid fever and general illness in the area.

Attempts to dissuade the recipient from destroying his herbarium and notes. Advises him to print labels for the mounted collection "to say that you are not answereable for the correctness of the name &c."

Asks after Gray's "draughtsman," Mr. Sprague, wishing him to produce drawings for his new edition of Trees and Shrubs.

Four partially printed documents for dental services rendered to the Sherwoods and a stay at the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital.

Offering to bring “Invalid Guests” from the hotel to his sanitarium to try a treatment of mountain air. Will meet small groups of guests at the hotel to transport them himself and provides travel instructions for any single guests. Also willing to furnish hunters seeking bear, deer, and turkeys. Written on letterhead for the Office of The Sanitarium with a printed paragraph advertising the “Home” in the mountains near the Guadalupe River. Highlights their focus on exercise, promising free ponies to ride and access to a gymnasium.