Scope and Contents There are 190 pages of letters and an index in the back. In the beginning, he leaves home after fighting with his father and tries to make a way for himself. He had been working in a Saw Mill, which he did not like, and tries other jobs, such as night watchman, and later works in a brickyard. He confides to one of his brothers of his love for his cousin Lizzie, talks of going out west and then to Texas, but later ends up returning home. There, he seems desperate to find a job he likes or...