Topics include his new position with Iowa Mutual Aid Association and his expectations of making a good deal of money, the health of his family and relatives, and the location of his brother, Levi, in Mt. Ayr, Iowa.
Topics include Pratt's children and wife (second), the difficulties and expansions of his insurance companies, and his bridge and building truss and anchor designs and marketing schemes.
Topics include Della's impressions of Pleasant Lake, Indiana, the activities and health of her children, and her suspicions of her Vermont relatives' attitudes toward her.
Topics include his health regarding his arm, shoulder, and side, the birth of Andrew and Ruth's daughter, and Lydia's and Maria's work at the Harringtons.
Topics include the state of their house and her activities on their farm since the death of their father, Zebina, and the ill health of her brother Curtis.
Topics include her mother's poor health and medicinal use of opium, her brother Carlos' teaching activities, and her loneliness after the death of her brother Curtis.
Topics include the health of Cornelius and Levi Pratt, their plans to visit, the condition of the Pratt children's estate, and the religious revival of the past winter.
