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Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Largely documents her charitable work in association with the Freedmen's Bureau, and social/political events in the Reconstruction era. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C. Attended various lectures throughout the year. Also describes spending extensive time with her family in Michigan and New York. The memoranda at the end include notes on the Freedmen's Bureau, demographics of Washington, D.C., a timeline of Civil War events, and newspaper excerpts.

See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1866 (mc1158_01_03_001).

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 Reconstruction era. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C. Attended congressional sessions, White House receptions, and various lectures throughout the year. Also describes spending extensive time with her family in New York. The memoranda at the end include miscellaneous notes, and excerpts from the Anti-Slavery Standard and Richmond Dispatch regarding African-American suffrage.

Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Thanks Gibbons for the documents concerning the conditions of the Washington Jail. Woolsey's brother-in-law Col. Joseph Howland (the New York State Treasurer) has written a letter to Senator Morgan about the jail but doesn't feel optimistic about their efforts to instigate reform. Discusses ideas for aid and employment services for working class women.

Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Documents her social activities, charitable work, and employment at the United States Patent Office. Also records her attempt to register to vote with a group of other women in April. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C., including congressional sessions regarding African American suffrage and the trial of Minnie Gaines. Attended various lectures and social reform conventions. The memoranda at the end include quoted excerpts and notes on geography, demographics, and federal employment statistics.

Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives news of family and friends and talks about the work Rachel Wilson Moore and other women are doing to help African-American freedmen. She also writes of the financial and legal difficulties of her son-in-law Thomas Cavender and her daughter Elizabeth Mott Cavender.

Edna Louise Cohen Nicholson (b.1868) and her husband Alfred W. Nicholson were students of Martha Schofield's in Aiken, South Carolina. Probably addressed to Schofield's niece Mary Ash Jenkins (1875-1948). Written from Bettis Academy (run by Alfred W. Nicholson). Encloses a typed reflection on Martha Schofield that she wrote upon the recipient's request, titled "Reminiscences of Miss Martha Schofield, Founder of Schofield Institute." Recounts her experiences at the Schofield School and Schofield's humanitarian work for African Americans, saying that "she was for the colored people, a lawyer, doctor, and teacher. She taught them to buy homes, visited the jails and courts, and helped to intercede for the poor negro boys who were not treated fairly." Page 6 is a stereogram photo of a tablet presented to Schofield at the opening of the Institute's Carter Hall in 1882.

Written from Roadside. Reports recent events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses astronomy, science, and the theft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's possessions during a recent visit. References her participation in the recent antislavery meetings in Baltimore. Holds negative opinions of "the little Temperance lecturer, saying that she isn't one of us." Shares her opinions on multiple women's rights issues, including her support of the Bloomer fashion and the right of Lucy Stone to use her maiden name; "It needs that advocates of Womans Rights should be thoroughly grounded, to be able to stand firm against all opposition, and ridicule, and misrepresentation." Antoinette Brown Blackwell spoke to a full house at the Annual Meeting. Discusses J. B. Toulmin's [sp] interest in abolitionism and his support of Fanny Wright's "mission and experiment" for African Americans. Mentions receiving correspondence from Griffith M. Cooper, Elizabeth Pease Nichol, and Harriet Martineau. Mentions her daughters hemming sheets for the "Colored Home, Sydney Howard Gay, and Jessie White Mario. A Mrs. Young is holding an anatomy and physiology lecture in Philadelphia.

Written from Roadside. Details recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Mentions Benjamin Collier, William Furness, and attending an antislavery meeting. Briefly discusses the life imprisonment of Captain William Baylis for his role in aiding fugitive slaves and is issuing circulars to raise money for an appeal. Asks Martha about the Temperance Convention she attended, where William H. Burleigh made a speech; says "I am at times discouraged, seeing the return to wine drinking, as with A. S. Conventions." Discusses the negative attitude of Robert Purvis towards the Woman's Convention. Mentions Lucy Stone's "attack" on William Lloyd Garrison. Discusses a Rev. Long; she and her Female Society made contributions towards the development of his book and his abolitionist work in the Methodist Church.

Written partially from Roadside. Mott quotes Cowper's "The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk." Provides news of family and friends, and discusses the growing popularity of Anna E. Dickinson, who has recently been asked to speak at a fair in Chicago. Mott also talks about recent works of theology.