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Appears to be a fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses recent events involving family members and friends. She mentions that Edward Parrish "has an appointment to go away off yonder, to some warlike Indian tribe." She also mentions (William Lloyd) Garrison's "severe" review of Sumner. Partially written over a fragment of a printed invitation to the "twentieth anniversary of a great national movement for freedom."

Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Documents her social activities, charitable work, and employment at the United States Patent Office. Also records her attempt to register to vote with a group of other women in April. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C., including congressional sessions regarding African American suffrage and the trial of Minnie Gaines. Attended various lectures and social reform conventions. The memoranda at the end include quoted excerpts and notes on geography, demographics, and federal employment statistics.

Lucretia Mott expresses objections to her sister Martha's habit of self-depreciation and notes her own appreciation of Martha's comments on Lucy Stone's "attempt to ignore our pioneers - Stanton and Anthony." Lucretia also discusses recent activities of several family members and mentions that she is considering selling Roadside and moving into a smaller home. Partly written over a letter from Rebecca Bunker Neall to "Cousin Edward, " in which she discusses visiting Roadside with her friend Abigail Woolman.

Lucretia Mott writes about recent events involving family and friends, including her husband James' health problems. She mentions reading an essay on women's culture from the "Catholic World, likely referring to an essay by Félix Dupanloup titled Learned Women and Studious Women." She references some divisions within the women's rights movement and states that she will not "put on paper anything of complaint of our loved co-adjutors, till they had had more time for defense and explanation." However, she does note that "Elizabeth Stanton's sympathy for 'Sambo' is very questionable" and that she will not subscribe to the "Revolution" (a newspaper started by Stanton and Susan B. Anthony), calling it "not satisfactory." She talks of plans to withdraw from office despite Lucy Stone's protests. A portion of this letter is written over a letter from Julia Holmes to Lucretia Mott dated October 8, 1867.

The Rollin sisters were African-American suffragists who helped found the American Woman Suffrage Association of South Carolina. Draft of a letter to Rollin discussing Schofield's interest in and support of women's suffrage and equal education. Encourages Rollin to continue her work promoting women's suffrage and wants to become a member of the Association.

Written to one or more of Martha Schofield's sisters. Martha writes about having Susan B. Anthony stay with her while in the area to give a speech, noting that it was the first time Anthony set foot on South Carolina soil. She discusses the speech Anthony gave to a packed house of both men and women in which she talked about politics and the need to give women the right to vote. She also writes about the additional guests she had stay with her for the event, including Serena Minard, Robert and Annie Tilney, and Emily Howland. She describes showing her guests around her school and notes that Howland, who had also run a school for African Americans, remarked that she had never seen a school managed with such economy. Schofield notes that after she received payment from all of her guests she gave her servant Ann an extra three dollars, and she says that it gives her pleasure to pay those who work hard for her and who need an income. She closes the letter with a note to save the letter as "evidence of Womans Suffrage Movement in Aiken."

Written by "Sarah." She reacts to Schofield's letter describing the violence, intimidation, and oppression of the colored people in the South but is relieved to know how brave Schofield was when dealing with the Ku Klux Klan. She is eager to learn who will win the presidential election and suspects that it will be Rutherford B. Hayes. She shares news about friends and discusses the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. She adds that she thinks it's time for her to have the right to vote.

Written in part from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes that Martha Wright is too ill to go to Boston, and she thinks she will not go either. She talks about her own health and says she feels strong. She writes that "the Woodhull or Claflin case in court" came off better than feared. Susan B. Anthony "has started for California - out of the way of all the flings and reflections - and some say E. C. Stanton has gone too." Partially written over a letter from Thomas Mellor to Lucretia Mott (dated March 29, 1871) declining an invitation to dine with Lucretia.

Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares news about family members and lists the items she is donating for Christmas. She recommends John Weiss's book, ''American Religion'' and notes that Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony ''ought to write often to the Golden Age.'' She discusses the growing support for Victoria Claflin Woodhull despite ''her unwise utterances as to the 'right of doing wrong.''' Mott is concerned about Josephine Griffing's health problems. She discusses Lucy Stone's decision to print H. Tracy Cutler's article complaining about Stanton in the Woman's Journal. She mentions the Laura Fair case, Theodore Tilton, and Isabella Beecher Hooker, her own advancing age, and others matters. She also briefly discusses the ''Alabama case'' between the U.S. and the U.K. and recent smallpox vaccinations at Swarthmore College. Pages 7-14 may be out of order. Partially written over a letter from Henry M. Laing dated 1871-12-23, and also partially written over a letter from C. L. Farrington to Lucretia Mott, dated 1871-12-08.

Partially written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott recounts her trip to Boston with Maria Mott Davis, where they attended two meetings each day and visited with Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and others. She talks about a meeting of the Boston Radical Club which she attended with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others. She discusses being the "almost the only opponent" of the "New Y. Resolution, which was passed at the meeting of the New England Woman Suffrage Association. She also mentions going to the Progressive Meeting at Longwood after returning home. Partially written over a letter dated May 18, 1871 from Adeline Bryant to Lucretia Mott inviting her to speak at a convention to be held by the Boston Eight Hour League on May 31st. She writes that she knows Lucretia is sympathetic to the movement.