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Notes "drunken rowdies" making a false claim of fire and getting arrested and a subsequent real fire breaking out. Comments on Fourth of July celebrations, a fishing trip where members of the party got drunk, and a preacher's condemnation of the level of "rowdyism and recklessness" in Lynn. Agrees that young men spend too much time in "Rum Holes, Bowling Saloons, Billiard Rooms, and in places sunk still lower in vice," and disagrees with the sentiment that "the young should be allowed to sow their wild oats." Some of his poetry has been published in the Lynn News. Glad the recipients are pleased with their "new situation," questions rates of marital happiness, and notes he might not consider marriage "if it was not for the buttons I have to sew on… because I have no one to repair my clothes."

Nannie C. Kay ALS to Margaret Stone; Washington, [D.C.]. 4 pages. Has received $65.00 from Margaret to purchase goods for her. Mentions fashion, including bonnets and dresses. Notes social events in Washington's high society.

Whig celebration in town. Has girl to help with housework and sewing. Recipe for Soda Cake. [Note: Original located in the Culinary Collection]

Letter from a Quaker woman which mentions attending a women’s rights meeting and hearing Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Christmas and New Year celebrations. Church events.

Constitution and Minute Book of the Ladies Lydian Society of Winchester Centre. Details the group's religious impulses for forming and organizing principle of raising "funds for religious charitable purposes and also to aid needy individuals among ourselves." Includes a member list with notations of membership over a decade's span, as well as meeting minutes noting officer elections and decisions on disbursement of funds. Mentions needlework and supporting missionaries.

Partially printed presentment for assault and battery, modified for "bastardy." "The Jurors of the United States for the County aforesaid, do, upon their OATH, PRESENT Charles P. Sengstack for begetting an illegitimate child upon one Mary Kirby." [Note: Original located in the Duane N. Diedrich Collection].

Letter originally sealed with a "Till we meet" sticker. Letter only reads "April Fool."

3 versions of Esther Stanly's will, made on April 24, 1849, March 3, 1861, and March 1862. Describes how she would like her personal belongings distributed to friends and family "in token of my remembrance," including clothing and outerwear, jewelry, hair and mourning jewelry, quilts, portraits, silverware, and more. Bulk of individuals named were female and Stanly entrusted women to handle the rest of the unlisted "promiscuous things, to be disposed as to their judgment."

Trouble of taking boarders and training servants. Cholera epidemic and how it is affecting her life.