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Sarah Corlies was a friend of Martha Schofield and the secretary of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Association, an important source of funding for Schofield's school in Aiken. Urges Schofield not to overtax her eyes, which have been troubling her lately. Asks for a few statistics for the annual report she is preparing. Discusses the health of their friend Elizabeth Dorsey. Describes the closing ceremonies at a sewing school (likely Penn Sewing School). Speaks of attending an anniversary celebration at Swarthmore College for Benjamin West's painting of "Penn's Treaty with the Indians"; George Truman, Edward Magill, Clarkson Taylor, and Lucretia Mott all attended. Briefly mentions Schofield's former student Lawrence Obanyon Posey.
