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Responding to Ruth Walker deserting her infant daughter Frances at the house of Phebe Osborn. Ordering the Overseers of the Poor to “advertise said infant to be let out at the lowest bidder in Whiskey Run Township” and to make sure that the infant is taken care of.

Defends herself against Sue's accusation of epistolary negligence. Notes she is "a Lady of so much importance to have more correspondents besides yourself," that her time is preoccupied with children, and that her family gathers with her during her free time. Comments on winter, time, death, religion, and her hope to gain wisdom. Mentions DeWitt's political choice of a wife [likely referring to DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) and Catharine Jones] and muses on "what kind of lover he makes." Writes of marrying a widower and raising step-children. "... the eyes of the world are continually fixed on a stepmother, ready to seize every occasion to fix a new stigma on the already obnoxious name." Family news, difficulty getting mail to the post office.

Memorandum of agreement between Thomas Gibbons and Margaret Glen, hiring her as a maid. [Original housed in William Gibbons Papers].

Suffers from dysentery. Death of her daughter; consolation in and prayers for the afterlife.

Current events. Describes her illness and the likelihood that she will not live. She resolves to give away her child.

Subpoenaed statements pertaining to the paternity (rape?) case, Shawangunk v. James N. Mitchill. Regards Sarah Radiker and her daughter.

Receipt for making clothing and shoes, purchasing a hair comb, and boarding Betsey Goodwill.

Young man studying law writing to a colleague, joking he was "on the point of issuing a search warrant to search your fertile brain for something like what I have this day received." Retracts his compassion for Nesmith's silence, as he learned Nesmith was not ill. Assures Nesmith he is not in love, believing his mother has painted a misleading picture. "… she must be a fabrication of my good old Mother H's fruitful imagination, and that she is as invisible and untangible as the fair Dulcinea of Don Quixote." Despite the beauty of local woman, intends to remain unattached. Comments on their friend's new relationship. Plans to study in Cambridge, Massachusetts, soon and encourages Nesmith to secure a clerkship.

Describes local accidents, including an older man who was kicked by a horse and a family whose house was consumed by fire. Notes the family fleeing without winter attire, members trapped inside, seeking help with neighbors, attempts to put out the fire, and trying to prevent the dead bodies from burning further. Relays how the family was sleeping in a shared room when the fire broke out and their attempts to escape. "When the fire was so far extinguished as to be Possible to get the Bodies out they went in and found a man all Burnt to a cinder with his child in his arms." Funeral was well attended. Remarks on the fire in New York and its likely impact on the country and merchants. References a lawsuit and financial matters.

Self criticism. Religious reflection.