Groton, Massachusetts. To Joseph Bradley, Varnum, Washington, D.C. Local affairs; resignation of Hampton, arrest of Wilkinson, removal of Granger; so disgraceful a campaign as our last was never known; politics.
To Assistant deputy quartermaster general. Refers to the account of stock belonging to Lois Barnhart destroyed by troops under the command of General Brown.
Betton N.C., Hanover, New Hampshire. to Silas Betton, Concerns a poem complimentary to Robert Dinsmore. In the postscript states there will probably soon be a dash on Canada by Wilkinson and Hampton.