Letters from unknown to Ann E. Tefft. The first letter shares news of the death of a neighbor, and describes a severe hail storm, a fabric shopping trip, and churning butter. The second letter describes buying lobster, news of friends and family, and the activities of a bee colony.
Letter from Sarah Underwood to Ann E. Tefft reporting on the family's illnesses and injuries, hog butchering, and requesting news of friends in Rhode Island.
Letter from Sarah Underwood to Ann E. Tefft, January 11, 1861 reporting on her daughter's illness, sleighing and the winter weather, and the durability of dress fabrics.
Letter from Sarah Underwood to Ann E. Tefft, January 9, 1860 describing her daughter's illness, encouraging her sisters to find suitors, and speculating on the lives of friends and family.
Letter from Sarah Underwood to Ann E. Tefft and Mae Tefft describing her child's acute illness and sharing news of friends and neighbors. The letter is accompanied by an explanatory note from an unknown author.
Letters from Sarah Underwood to Ann E. Tefft and John Tefft describing roasting turkeys, making molasses candy, the weather, the mail service, and asking for news of friends and family.
Letter from Sarah Underwood to Ann E. Tefft, February 7, 1860 describing her baby's development, her continued dislike of children, and asking for news of friends and family.
Letter from Sarah Underwood to her sister Ann E. Tefft, March 18, 1860, expressing her wish for a visit from her family, and discussing her daughter's dresses and a gift of beaded jewelry.
Letter from Sarah Underwood to Ann E. Tefft and John Tefft, August 16, 1860 describing the illnesses of her family and household and sharing that the two children who work for her have been fighting.
Letter from Sarah Underwood to Ann E. Tefft thanking her for a gift of sewing patterns and candy, and describing the Iowa landscape, Sarah's loneliness, and the local population of prairie chickens.