Four-page letter from John Joseph McDavitt in Boston to Asa Dodge Smith, telling him the reasons for his absences. He thinks the faculty has been hasty and unjust.

Two-page letter from Asa Dodge Smith in New York to John Joseph McDavitt with the good wishes of the faculty and Smith for McDavitt's success.

Three-page letter from John Joseph McDavitt in Claremont to Asa Dodge Smith, telling him that he was in Hanover a few days at the beginning of the summer term but he did not take part in the disturbances.

Two-page letter from Robert Gibson McNiece, John Joseph McDavitt, Charles Henry Merrill and others to the president and faculty of Dartmouth College, telling them that the freshman class participated in a cane rush in order to bring about a decision in regard to rushes. The whole class would like to be suspended instead of three of its number.

Letter from John Joseph McDavitt in Boston to Asa Dodge Smith, asking to be excused for a part or the whole of the fall term.