Includes many condolence letters on the death of Slocum Howland, including a letter from Joseph L. McCoy, the "first colored public school teacher that ever taught in Westmoreland County"; a letter from Sarah Johonnot discussing Cornell University's lack of women on the board of trustees and as professors (August 9); and a letter from Howland to Anne Greene (December 28). Correspondents include Phebe Coffin, Cornelia Hancock, Carrie Lacy, M. Belle Nelson, Mary Reed, and Sidney Taliaferro, among others. Also included is a pamphlet on the Concord Summer School of Philosophy.