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Dr. N. M. Stevens peering into a microscope, stagioni zoologico Napoli written on back

Addressed to "Hannah" and likely to Graceanna Lewis' friend and fellow Quaker Hannah Wright Mifflin. Lewis is grateful that Hannah endures illness with such strength and spirit. She writes that she has been painting non-stop to fulfill an order for 50 paintings. She brings up that she has been trying to get 5 of her scientific charts copyrighted. She marvels at the presentation of a "microphone" at a recent meeting and muses about the afterlife. She discusses a sermon which attacked evolutionists and criticizes the writer, Tallmadge, and those who follow him. She then talks about how the temperance movement has faced resistance in Chester, Pennsylvania, where there are many saloons, and how this has made their efforts in Media harder. She also writes in detail about the case of Walter Mintzer, a child whose parents had died in an accident in Philadelphia and whose grandparents were in a bitter battle for custody for him.

Addressed to "Hannah" and likely to Graceanna Lewis' friend and fellow Quaker Hannah Wright Mifflin. Lewis apologizes for not replying to Hannah sooner. She describes going through her letters and burning many of them. She discusses the plants and trees she encountered at the Minshall-Painter Arboretum (now the Tyler Arboretum) and the different plants she is growing at home and hopes to grow. She also talks about some social events she recently attended, including the Friends First Day School and a woman's club reception.

Addressed to "Hannah" and likely to Graceanna Lewis' friend and fellow Quaker Hannah Wright Mifflin. Lewis discusses the value of fresh air and spending time outside. She describes her efforts to paint the autumn trees and capture their coloring. She talks in detail about an fascinating lecture she attended at the woman's club on the Madonnas; she plans to get a collection of Madonnas through the Perry Picture Company. She rebukes the practice of teachers whipping students and hopes to get the Women's Christian Temperance Union to take up the cause of ending the practice. She also discusses her niece Anna Fussell and nephew Charles Fussell, whom she was living with. She mentions that her eyes have delayed her from finishing some drawings of trees.

Fragment. Lewis writes that Dr. Loomis, the founder and principal of the Foster School for Girls where Lewis was teaching, suggested that Lewis' portrait may be wanted for the "Portraits of Scientific Men." Lewis is excited at the prospect which she feels will help her become more well known as a naturalist. She would like to have her nephew Charles Lewis Fussell paint her portrait so that it may help make him more well known as an artist.