Letter from Eunice Lyman to either Sarah or Mary Frances Lyman. She discusses her routine, teaching, writing letters, and winning books with spelling. It is unclear how closely the two women were related, as the term cousin, at the time, could be used for any relative other than a sibling or child.
Letter from Addison Lyman to his brother and sister-in-law, Reverend Horace and Mary Denison Lyman. He discusses raising funds for a church, wheat crops, politics, and Josiah Lyman's debt.
Letter from Addison Lyman to his brother, Reverend Horace Lyman. He discusses the winter weather and the Civil War following the Emancipation Proclamation.
Letter from Addison Lyman to his brother, Reverend Horace Lyman. He discusses paying taxes, family health, and rejoicing for the abolishing of slavery.
Letter from Addison Lyman to his brother, Reverend Horace Lyman. He discusses getting tax money from his brother, family health, receiving clothes on Thanksgiving, the Civil War, and his fiftieth birthday.
Letter from Addison Lyman to his brother, Reverend Horace Lyman. He discusses collecting money owed to Horace and inquiring after his brother's recent illness.
Letter from Addison Lyman to his brother, Reverend Horace Lyman, with an additional note from Lauren Lyman. He discusses his absent wife, poor crops, and a visit to Minnesota.
Letter from Almina, Daniel, and Payson Lyman, the wife and sons of Daniel F. Lyman, to Reverend Horace Lyman and his family. They discuss the various adventures of their family's life and studies. The two boys are learning to write letters.
Letter likely from James Lyman in East Hampton, Massachusetts to his brother, Reverend Horace Lyman, and his family. He discusses farming, profits, and family health.
Letter from John H. Kellorn, the principal of Munro Academy, to Reverend Horace Lyman, an old college friend. He discusses old colleagues, inquires after Horace's health, and gives news on his own life. Attached is a printed paper on Munro Academy, Elbridge.
Letter from George H. Himes, a printer in Portland, to Reverend Horace Lyman. He apologizes for neglecting to deliver a year book ordered by Reverend Lyman.