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Writing to a friend from former residence in Rome. Expects to visit when the factory stops in the summer. Includes a rhyming poem about correspondence. Lack of postal markings suggest the letter may have been hand delivered.

Sale of property left to Cornelia by her father, Thomas Truston, with the stipulation that the Nancredes receive rents and profits from the property. Statement on page four notes that Cornelia has examined papers on her own, without her husband present, and has agreed to them of her own accord, without coercion.

Account with Mehitable R. Wendell. Purchase of cloth, shoes, articles, clothing, etc. Wages.

Suffering from consumption. News of friends and family. Mary will be teaching for $2.00 per week.

Relates the case of Job Tyler, who suffers from the "gripes." Tyler is in love with a woman who is not his wife. Wants Forman to consent to marry the two in hopes that it will break the spell and Tyler will return to his family.

Making a petticoat and nightgown. Sent out 172 invitations to an upcoming ball. Describes how to play gambling card game, “Fright.”

Notes encounters with fellow guests while travelling to a wedding in Richmond. Describes the wedding.

Comments on a debt being repaid and the impact of armed conflict on their payment, referencing the Black Hawk War. "This thing of going to the 'wars' does more injury than in basely spilling blood. I, myself, came nigh losing five dollars[.] I paid a man shortly before he started on the memorable Sac war." Attended "as dirty a little trial as is common in any court," with a slander case between two women. "The words charged to have been spoken by Mrs. Cox of Mrs. Maxcy, are not now used in common parlance, but their signification are known to every school boy. They look remarkably bad on paper, & as I do not wish to blacken this undefiled piece of stationery… with such words, I will just say they are names which are well calculated to blacken the reputation of women beyond any others she could have used." Mrs. Cox plead "guilty but justified." Health of family and acquaintances.

Asking his brother to help him buy a fur cap "of the New fashion" in New York with lapels and ribbons. Describes how he would like it to look. Acquaintances also in New York purchasing goods.

Gossip. Taking care of the house while her mother is sick. Fear of sickness and death. Difficult to trust in God.