This letter details Jervey's courtship with Elisabeth Thomas and his issues with her Grandmother, who is preventing the two from getting married. He also explains how he took a job as a bookkeeper and it pays rather well.
Kate Drayton writes to Charles Drayton about young John "Johnny" Drayton and his illness. In this letter she also lists the birth and death dates of Katie Manigault's children.
This letter discusses Mrs. Heyward's experience in St. Augustine. Charlotte Manigault believes Miss Drayton's illness is because of the cold. Charlotte continues by updating Miss Drayton on engagements in their circle of friends.
This letter states that Charlotte Manigault is glad to see Henrietta Drayton, Charles, and Louisa and hopes that a visit to Cuba will cure all their maladies. She has not been able to write because of preparing for Edward to go to college. Charlotte Manigault writes that she has had her third granddaughter.
Charlotte Manigault writes to Lewis Gibbes about the death of her sister, his wife. She praises the virtues of her sister as a wife, mother, and sister. Charlotte explains Gibbes's brother's family is well and that his brother has recovered from gout. Mr. Manigault sends his sympathies and Charlotte Manigault sends her affection to her nephews, niece, and brother-in-law.
In this letter Charlotte Manigault discusses recent illnesses and deaths and the travel of family and friends to various locations including New York, Philadelphia and Saratoga.
In the letter Peter Manigault is writing to his aunt Henrietta August Drayton about the money he has been holding for her. The letter includes various expenditures. Peter discusses his family and friends and a trip to John's Island, SC.
