Sarah Hall Boardman writes to her sister-in-law Cornelia Boardman from New Haven remarking on her poor health and lack of faith in medicine. Tells Cornelia that William is attending Governor Buckingham's inauguration by invitiation and describes work she is having done in the bedrooms. Mentions the death of Warner Newton in the Civil War. Newton's grandfather Isaac worked land for Elijah Boardman in Ohio. She writes "The President Lincoln stood by him when he died and wept." William Whiting Boardman added a note at the bottom regarding taxes on 92 acres of land.