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Pacifist literature by Belva Lockwood. Lockwood begins by discussing the negative consequences and high cost of war in the framework of the recently fought Spanish-American War and the Cuban Revolution. She bridges into describing the United States' foreign relations with the world's great powers, with emphasis on many countries' efforts towards peaceful relations and highlights the many benefits of peace and disarmament for the U.S. and the world. She also talks extensively about the international peace conference held in The Hague in 1899. She then describes individual and organizational efforts towards world peace, including the work of the Universal Peace Union.

Written to Howland's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who ran a school for African Americans in Virginia. Says that she received a letter from British reformer Rebecca Moore and an empty envelope in Putnam's handwriting. Mentions staying up in the hopes of seeing a meteor shower. Discusses Anne F. Miller, who she recently saw at the New York State Suffrage Convention in Dunkirk. Passes on news of the health of her sister-in-law Hannah Letchworth Howland and niece Isabel Howland, who were recently in the Gleason Sanitarium in Elmira. Relates Rebecca Moore's disapproval of the Boer War and compares it to the Spanish-American War. Discusses Putnam's recently published book "A Life for Liberty."

Antoinette Brown Blackwell was a minister, author, and women's rights advocate. Expresses sentiments against war, primarily in the context of war against Spain.

Cover-title: Memorial of the representatives of the religious Society of Friends for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, respecting the controversy between the United States and Spain

Broadside, signed by Caleb R. Kemp, Clerk