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Minutes and occasional treasurers' reports of the organization known at different times as the Society for the Free Instruction of African Females, the Society for the Free Instruction of Females of Color, and the Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Colored Women, which eventually merged with the Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons. The minutes discuss rules for the running of the organization, rules for the teachers and students, and reports on the occurrences at the school. The treasurers' reports detail the organization's income and expenses. The book also lists the names of the organization's members. Records skip 15 years between 1816 and 1831; it is not clear if the organization was active during that time. Blank pages were not scanned.

Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents her charitable work in association with the Freedmen's Bureau, and social/political events in the early postbellum period. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C., such as the passage of the Reconstruction Bill, and attended multiple White House receptions. Attended various lectures throughout the year. Spent extensive time with her family in New York. The memoranda at the end include statistics regarding the Civil War.

See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1867 (mc1158_01_03_002).

Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses news of friends and family, including her nieces Ellen Wright Garrison, who was recently married, and Anna Coffin Temple Brown, who is travelling in Europe with her family. Mott briefly mentions a visit from Joseph and Ruth Dugdale and from an Iowa preacher named Bennet Walters. She also mentions her letter-writing, as well as a recent meeting "called to organize an asylum" for elderly African-American women. Very briefly discusses James Miller McKim and William Lloyd Garrison's increasing partiality towards Abraham Lincoln.

Sarah "Sallie" F. Corlies was a friend of Martha Schofield's and was the secretary of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Association, an important source of funding for Schofield's school in Aiken. Has been too busy to write or visit Darby. Discusses the Penn Sewing School and offers to send Schofield a copy of its charter and by-laws. Gives Schofield credit for the official report from the "Penna. Asso." (possibly the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association) and asks how many teachers Schofield was assigned. Is interested in hearing about the state of Schofield's school upon her return to Aiken. Reminds her to write, stating the Schofield's letters about her work and school are the main business of the Germantown Association meetings. Reports news about family/friends, including Sarah B. (possibly Sallie R. Bowman)'s enthusiasm about the recent woman's suffrage meeting she and some of Schofield's family members attended. References Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott, former students of Schofield who were attending Lincoln University.

Comments on an essay Schofield sent him. Tells her that the Charity Society of Jericho and Westbury Meetings is likely to contribute money to her school for African American freedmen.

Mary Schofield Ash Jenkins was the niece of Martha Schofield. She writes about the life and legacy of Martha Schofield, with a focus on her work to educate African Americans. Describes the Schofield School's celebration of Martha Schofield's 100th birthday.

Mary Taylor Stone taught with Martha Schofield at the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina, from 1868 to 1869. She describes going to the theater and seeing Booth, likely Edwin Booth, in Hamlet. She says that she felt Hamlet was more of a comedy than a tragedy. She also discusses some of her other recent activities, including getting several dresses which were likely for her upcoming wedding to Major William Stone. She encloses a letter written to her by Fannie A. Tudor in which she describes plans to go to Wadmalaw Island where she will be mistress of a colored school. Tudor writes that "there is a wide field for usefulness among the freedmen."

Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott describes laying the dining room carpet and talks about the carpets of several family members. She writes about attending a discourse given by Charles G. Ames on his Unitarian experience and becoming ill upon leaving the talk. Partially written over a letter dated December 1, 1875, to Lucretia Mott from John Oliver requesting help raising funds for an Institution to train colored men in the mechanical trade.

Martha Schofield was a Quaker educator who founded the Schofield Normal and Industrial Institute for African Americans. Probably addressed to Anna M. Jackson and the Yearly Quaker Meeting. Describes the racial violence inflicted on African Americans in the South and discusses the necessity of education as the primary means of black empowerment. Emphasizes the importance of educational funding for African American schools.