Acknowledges Cushman's letter; discusses ecclesiastical court proceedings against Nathan Sidney Smith Beman and the involvement of Lyman Beecher and Asahel Nettleton; invites Cushman and his family to Litchfield.

News of family and friends; mentions religious revival in Lebanon, Berkshire, and Pittsfield.

Acknowledges Cushman's letter; news of family and friends.

Acknowledges Cushman's letters and enclosures re: stock dividends; financial matters; family and local news.

Mostly news of family and friends

Five letters, from Benjamin Tallmadge to John Paine Cushman, which comment on the ecclesiastical trial against Nathan Beman for charges against his method of conducting revivals by Lyman Beecher and Asahel Nettleton. He also discusses upcoming visits by his children, family and social news, and business affairs.