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Students wish Howland well and hope to see her soon. Letters signed by Virginia Laws, Harriet Laws, and Louisa Ball; note on accompanying envelope indicates these were students who had been at Howland's school for freedmen for less than four months.

Written from Lottsburg to Howland's sister-in-law. Passes on news and briefly discusses getting a dictionary for her school for freedmen. Discusses the flora and fauna of the area.

Depicts educator Caroline F. Putnam with several unidentified white women and African American men and children, sitting in or standing around an ox-drawn cart. The background features a fenced-in field and several buildings.

Written over the course of 6 weeks by Emily Howand's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who ran the Holley School for African Americans in Virginia. Discusses a biography of Gerrit Smith and reflects on the customs of people around his home of Petersboro. Discusses Rosa Fallin, who had recently had her teeth removed, and whether she would be able to keep her house. Discusses the long drives Putnam took around the Northern Neck to aid her health and to "propagate Suffrage, Temperance, and Education ideas." Passes on news from the area, including a large funeral for a minister, a speech on Frederick Douglass that emphasized his kindness to animals, the possibility that Virginia was going to enact a state-wide prohibition on alcohol, and Putnam's plans to mobilize local African Americans in its support. Discusses the importance of remembering Frederick Douglass alongside other early women's suffrage activists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; recounts celebrating the birthdays of Lincoln, Douglass, Anthony, Sallie Holley, and Anna Howard Shaw. Reminisces on spending time with Howland. Passes on further news of friends and neighbors and ends by briefly discussing national politics.

Written by Emily Howand's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who ran the Holley School for African Americans in Virginia. May be a fragment of A00186301. Praises Albert Pillsbury's book titled "Lincoln and Slavery." Mentions Woodrow Wilson and his attitude toward suffrage. Briefly discusses reading the Woman's Journal.

Unsigned, unaddressed, and undated letter fragment, likely from Caroline F. Putnam, perhaps to Emily Howland. Makes plans for the recipient's visit to Northumberland County. Discusses the last will of Sallie Holley, Putnam's lifelong partner who ran a school for African Americans in Lottsburg, Virginia. Gives news of work being done on Putnam's home and reminisces on its construction several decades earlier.

Consists primarily of financial records. Also contains journal entries, lists of students Howland taught, records of supplies she received, and other occasional miscellany, including reports to military officers about her teaching and notes from her medical studies. Most of the contents date from Howland's time working with freedmen in the 1860s, but some parts are later; the financial records in particular often last into the 1870s, with a few reaching into the 1890s. The book was often written in upside down and from back to front. Therefore, in this digital facsimile some pages are presented upside down and should be read from the back of the volume to the front.

Discusses Howland's housekeeping in Northumberland County.

Written to Howland's niece. Describes Northumberland County. Briefly discusses her teaching.

Discusses her travels. Asks her nephew Herbert to send the newspaper extracts of her letter (likely A00186212) about recent conferences at the Tuskegee Institute. Gives Herbert instructions for taking care of some business matters during Howland's absence, including how to open her safe.