Collins corresponds with his friend Frederick Wolcott regarding the legal profession, future prospects, land speculation, and courtship.

Collins asks Wolcott to help him find a teaching position in a Litchfield school. Having just finished Yale, he is financially strapped but would like to study law at the Litchfield Law School.

Collins writes a letter of condolence to Wolcott following the recent death of his father, Oliver Wolcott; expresses that he should feel joy that his parents are now reunited in heaven.

Collins writes Wolcott about their speculation in the Yazoo lands in Georgia; advises Wolcott not to pull his investment until the dispute is settled; proposes a lady as a possible wife for Wolcott.

Collins acknowledges the assistance of Frederick Wolcott in all his affairs; writes of a misunderstanding regarding his last letter; reports of courtship in Massachusetts and of Fredrick’s reputation there.

Sentence against John Morey of Cornwall for punishment of theft. Morey was ordered to be whipped ten stripes on the naked body and to pay a fine to the state. He was to be confined to the jail in Litchfield until the sentence was carried out. Signed by Frederick Wolcott, clerk and includes a notice by sheriff Lynde Lord about the execution of the sentence.