Letter discussing the dangers of the Whig Party becoming a sectional faction.

Letter discussing Hitchcock's recent negotiations with the Bank of the United States.

Letter regarding the commencement of building activities, including four brick stores and a cotton prep house.

Letter describing the recent debate over the reorganization of Kansas, the Fugitive Slave Law, and a vote on the unconstitutionality of the Compromise of 1850.

Letter from Fowler to his uncle discussing political appointments in Baltimore. Letter mentions Fowler's meeting with Abraham Lincoln shortly after his inauguration with a delegation from Baltimore.

Letter expressing New York Governor Hamilton Fish's support of Sargent to the appointment of the 6th Auditor of Washington.

Letter detailing Fillmore's denouncement a letter sent without his approval by Daniel Webster, and his attempt to discover how the error occurred.

Letter detailing Fillmore's assessment of a letter sent from Daniel Webster to Captain Jewett.

Letter to Secretary of the Interior, Caleb B. Smith from U.S. Senator from Maine, William P. Fessenden recommending Mr. John E. Sherman for a clerkship.

Letter discussing scientific lectures, the re-election of Pennsylvania Gov. Joseph Ritner, and Massachusetts's reluctance to support William Henry Harrison.

Letter discussing potential Whig nominees for President in the 1836 election, and the growing approval of a Daniel Webster candidacy.

Letter discussing elections in Vermont, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania, and Antimason Party activity.