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Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail, including her political activism. Wilbur was dismissed from the Patent Office in January 1886 and spent several months unemployed before being rehired in May. The memoranda at the end include a reflection on the year as a whole, a summary of the state of her family, a description of things she saw on a visit to Philadelphia, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.

(in pencil: 1839 Eliz. Stokes married Jos. Hall & [later?] our [8th?] grandfather T.P. Cope; from Aunt Mary Stokes to “Aunt” 2nd wife of Thos. P. Cope) Elizabeth Stokes Waln Cope was Mary Stokes’s great-aunt . Thomas Kite, whose wife and daughter were mentioned in this letter, had two daughters. Susanna Kite Sharpless was the daughter of his first wife and was married by the time this letter was written. Rebecca Kite, later Brown, was the daughter of his second wife and was fifteen at the time the letter was written. The daughter mentioned is more likely the daughter of his second wife, to whom he was married at the time of the letter. The watermark is as follows: Amies, underneath Phila and a drawing of a bird with a branch in its beak. The imprint is too faint to decipher . The following text was written in pencil on the mailing information portion of the letter, in another hand, probably that of Elizabeth Stewardson Cope: 1839 Eliz. Stokes married Jos. Hall & [later?] our [8th?] grandfather T.P. Cope from Aunt Mary Stokes to "Aunt" 2nd wife of Thos. P. Cope

See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur's daily life; travels; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including membership in the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society; attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; and domestic life and family relationships. Includes several pressed plant specimens.

Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail, including attending White House receptions and Congressional sessions. The memoranda at the end include a list of the year's "principle events, an account of her summer travels, a list of vacations she took between 1876 and 1885, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.

Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing events in detail. The memoranda at the end include a summary of the state of her family and her finances as well as various facts, figures, sayings, and literary extracts.

See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur's daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women's rights movement; and family relationships.

See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Loose material with text has been scanned on the page it precedes. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur's daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings and association with Frederick Douglass; observations of racism against African Americans and racial discrimination in education; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, Abby Foster Kelley, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women's rights movement and association with Susan B. Anthony; and family relationships.