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The notebook primarily contains sporadic entries from 1899-07-14 to 1899-10-09, chronicling Howland's travels through Europe and voyage back to the United States. Remarking on the maintenance costs of a historic cathedral in England, Howland says "If that money and what is wasted on militarism could be wisely applied for the education of the people what a world this would quickly become. The world that has the power does not want those of fewer opportunities to have them." When discussing other passengers on the voyage, Howland expresses disapproval of a racist woman from South Carolina, saying "She and my friend Miss Purois [sp] have had some passages on the race question. She is not worth her ammunition. I think that the woman's talking shows that the Southern people feel that they must be always on the defence because they know that they are in the wrong." The notebook contains additional miscellaneous content, including an undated entry on anti-militarism and a list of names from 1903.

Describes Howland's trip to the south-western United States and northern and central Mexico. Recurring themes include observations on local Mexican customs, especially those of the indigenous peoples; plant life; and other travelers Howland met along the way. Reflects on the westward expansion of the United States and the dispossession of Native Americans, opining that "prosperity and growth founded on injustice are not the true and lasting kind." Also includes a record of Howland's expenses. Journal entries should be read from the back of the volume to the front.

Titled "A journal of the peregrinations etc. of a comical character." Likely by Phebe Tallcot or one of her sisters; the last line points out that the author's "name is understood as it is nowhere mentioned in the whole volume." Details the family's journey to Yearly Meeting in New York City and back. Lists people who they visited and Quaker meetings they attended. Also discusses several weddings.

Undated; probably written in October 1850. Primarily describes her trip home from Ohio. Mentions the reactions of local African Americans to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. Blank pages not scanned, including many between page 12 and page 13.

Records White's trip "on a tour to the South and West" with her father Josiah White and sister Hannah White Richardson. The largest part of the journal concerns travel in Virginia and West Virginia, but the full route ran to Washington via Baltimore, then through Virginia and West Virginia to Huntington via Harpers Ferry, along the Ohio River to Cincinnati and Louisville, overland across Kentucky through Lexington, back along the Ohio River to Pittsburgh, and overland to Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Passages throughout the journal pay attention to the state of settlement and "improvement" of the land they passed through, as well as its natural resources, geology, and fitness for farming. Other themes include railroads and canals, as well as occasional observations on the "blighting effects of slavery" on the "spirit of enterprise" of Virginia and Kentucky's white inhabitants. Incidents of particular interest include an account of hearing Congress's debates on the Fortification Bill; lengthy descriptions of several famous geological formations in Virginia, including the Grand Caverns at Weyers Cave, the Natural Bridge, and a number of hot springs; a brief biography of a free African American man who the travelers hired to drive them from Louisville to Frankfort; and a brief meeting with Joseph Ritner, governor of Pennsylvania, in Harrisburg.

Describes traveling with family through Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, spending extended time in the Boston area. Dated approximately 1833-08-27 - 1833-09-07.