Printed postcard offering railroad and hotel discounts to the recipient to attend the 10th annual reuinion of the National Association of the Mexican War Veterans.
Account of his service in the Illinois Regiment during the Mexican War and description of travel to California via Panama in 1854, and return via Nicaragua in 1855.
Detailed description of his service with Company D, Fifth U.S. Infantry. Accounts of participation in several battles, including at National Bridge and Cerro Gordo, as well as good description of Mexico City.