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Address to the New Jersey Assembly requesting that they pass legislation making it illegal to outfit slave ships.

Letter from Christr. Johnson to Robert Pleasants. Johnson discusses attending court cases regarding slavery in South Carolina and Georgia.

Address from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania encouraging it to strengthen and expand earlier legislation which banned the outfitting of ships engaged in the slave trade.

Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Talks about the case of Jane Johnson, a fugitive African American woman who abolitionists helped to escape and harbor, and calls the decision of the judges an "abomination." "Indignant" Meetings are being held about the case with speakers such as Rev. Andrew Twonbley Foss (1803-1875) and Samuel Aaron (1800-1865). Her health is preventing her from attending Meetings and accepting an invitation from Anne Warren Weston to write for the Liberty Bell. Discusses the schooling of multiple people including her niece Ellen Wright, who may attend the "Darby School" (the Sharon Female Boarding School). Abby Southwick will be establishing a school in Norristown.

Apologizes for failing to properly reply to recent correspondence. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Recounts interacting with and news of Joseph Barker. Mentions Dr. Stamm wanting to organize a convention and Quaker Meeting lecturers. Describes in detail the court testimony and protection of fugitive slave Jane Johnson by abolitionists. Has visited Passmore Williamson in prison, who was arrested for his role in Jane Johnson's escape. Discusses the schooling of Martha's children and the possibility of Ellen Wright attending the Sharon Female Boarding School ("the Darby School") run by Rachel Tyson Jackson. Complains about the handwriting of multiple individuals and mentions the circulation of correspondence. Talks about Christianity and Quakerism. In reference to the Saratoga Springs Woman's Rights Convention, which Martha Coffin Wright had been elected president of, Mott says she has hoped that the reputations of Mary Wollstonecraft, Frances Wright, and Robert Owens "would have justice done them, and the denunciations of bigoted Sectarianism fall into merited contempt." Mentions a Quaker preacher named Elizabeth Collins Leedom and a meeting of the Executive Committee. Edward Hopper "has been engaged day and night with the Slave case, referencing his work as an attorney for Passmore Williamson. Discusses her views on schooling and land available in the West Chester area that could be bought and used to establish a school. Also briefly mentions Lucy Stone, Ernestine Rose, and physician Ann Preston.