June 11, 1842. Lydia A. Walker [sister] to Mary Anne Brigham Dover, New Hampshire. Mr. S.W. Brooks has gotten married…she ate a piece of wedding cake…expresses her disappointment with her for not being baptized and speaks of reading the bible every day.

July 24, [1849?]. Sarah [?] to Mary Ann Livermore Worcester, Massachusetts. Sorry to hear of Stephen’s sickness…talks of her work in Brookfield where she got very worn out and sick…She was very disappointed in the school she taught at and left as soon as it was possible with her uncle.

April 21, 1850. [?] to Stephen Livermore Wells River, Vermont. [Stephen’s] bother is very sick… he advises him to visit because the doctor has said he does not have much longer to live.

October 3, 1850. Sister [?] to Mary Ann Livermore Marlboro, Massachusetts. Picked and sold their best peaches…went to Boston last week for a festival.

December 7, 1851. P.A.B. to Mary Ann Livermore Worcester, Massachusetts. She is going to head for the west this week…at present she has been keeping house, but she is miserable…hopes Mary Ann is not too lonely and that Stephen is not too homesick in their separation.