File consists of fifty-three pieces of correspondence from friends and family. This number includes ephemera both inserted and sent separately. Note that in this file is a note from "Lucy J. Smith" who is "also willing that our correspondence should cease," dated January 11, 1898. Includes two undated, unsigned poems, one written on the wedding of Wm. Breithaupt and Martha Murphy, February 1, 1898. Also present are empty envelopes.