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Scope and Contents Describes details of common friend's death, also refers vaguely to various other [medical] cases "town is improving, have built a female college and have a Methodist preacher who will convert...the negroes and dogs before they stop", other town news.

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Scope and Contents Gives lengthy opinion of upcoming Presidential election between Douglas and Lincoln and also projection and hopes for house and Senate elections; other family news.

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Scope and Contents "Bad crops, low water and high prices"; will be traveling back to Polk County before Christmas; gives results of Presidential elections; other family news.

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Scope and Contents All well; friend has stopped drinking; this friend wants to fight when war begins; [Brother] Dan "fixing n to go see Mother; other news.

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Scope and Contents Ma has decided to move to Polk County Texas; requests a small house; this has foiled plans for school, will maybe farm in Texas if can't find a school.

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Scope and Contents Glad to have received letter but worried about health; reports brother Dan had left for Irving College; money hard to come by and price for cotton very low; refers to pending lawsuit; other family news.

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Scope and Contents Worries about health and relates deaths of various towns people; money hard to come by and business bad; other family and town related news.

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Scope and Contents Crops doing well; received letter from a most "dangerous woman," claiming son hadn't paid a debt; advises him to stay away from this "awful woman"; mentions pending lawsuit referred to as "hooke suit"(?); other family and town news.

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Scope and Contents Refers to a favor which "came to hand"; talks about crops and prices; refers to the burning of a foundry in Montgomery, Alabama; many suffering from scarlet fever; mentions the Hook's lawsuit being taken to Supreme Court; other family and town news.

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Scope and Contents Complains about mail system; has not received any letters from son; crops doing very well, especially corn; discusses Hook's lawsuit; relates town "anicdote"; other family news.

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Scope and Contents Glad to receive letter after "too months"; crops doing very well; Scarlet fever still "going through neighbourhood"; other family news.

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Scope and Contents Speaks of fine crops and many deaths from scarlet fever; Hook suit not yet decided; advises to stay away from the "slandering living old devil"who claims he hasn't paid debt; other family news.

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Scope and Contents Worried that lawyers want evidence from him for Hook's case; advises not to give any at all; reports crops are good except cotton and all are well.

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Scope and Contents Reports a retrial for "Hooke's"case and advises that he give no evidence; advises to stay away from "Tom the big baby"; asks him not to mention case in any letters except to her, Mit or Will; other family news.

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Scope and Contents Replies to question about health and crops; gives long account about political opinions relating to the "American party", break up of the Whigs and strengthening of Democrats; relates local arrests; business interests shifting; other news about common friends.

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Scope and Contents Disease going around caused by snakes, many deaths; defines Hook's case as divorce case; advises to not give any evidence; case has been given a retrial; worried about Mary's [sister] health; not receiving Texas paper; other family news.

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Received letter; has severe cold, health at Irving generally good; plans on staying two years; has not rained lately and is very warm; Had sent catalogue, will send another.

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Scope and Contents Requests help in getting into business as an "averseer."

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Scope and Contents Inflicted with typhoid, hopes to be well soon; asks that Scurlock take care of some business dealings; received letter from William Harrison giving news of many deaths in Montgomery, County [Alabama]; provides arrangements for moving [to Texas]; family news.

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Scope and Contents Times dull as session ending; has sprained ankle; has received letter from Ma which criticizes his spelling; will try again to send catalogue.

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Scope and Contents Sends papers on Freeman Divorce case; refers to a petition and preparation of legal papers; other family news.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Relates how letter had been detoured to mother's house, was "read at home"then sent on to Irving; advises T.J. to settle down and get married; also advises to not travel until decision to make Kansas a state is made; advises to go to Kansas if it becomes a slave state; mentions a planned act of violence by Negroes near Clarksville [Tennessee] on the Cumberlan[d] River; planned to knock us all in the head"and "make themselves free Ladies and Gentleman."; other family...

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Scope and Contents Glad to hear that he is happy, expected him to be "Alabama-sick"[homesick]; has begun farming, finds its hard work; all in good health except mother who has "posey "; other news.

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Scope and Contents Complains in great length that Josh did not stop to visit on his way to Texas; glad to hear his health has improved with the "Minreul wutter"; inquires about a Negro, John, who held freedman's status; other family news.

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Scope and Contents Relates the marriage of two couples of the area; reports the results of the elections for probate and circuit judge and refers them to their respective parties; have had long dry spell, hasn't been good for the "God of Macon...King cotton"; reports other deaths and gives some family news.