Helen writes from Boston to Anna in Litchfield, Conn. that she has not heard from Anna for more than a month and that Anna is very important to her happiness. Charles is well and has written a grand oration. She wishes Anna were there to have read it.

4 letters from Jane (Loring) Gray - 3 from Cambridge, Mass. and 1 from Burnside - to her great-aunt Mary Pierce in Litchfield, Conn. Theses letters contain news of the family, friends, and Jane and Asa's activities.