Four-page letter from Joseph R. Richards in Boston to Asa Dodge Smith, telling him that Mr. Bean has ordered Mr. Osgood to relay and make good the upper floor of the gymnasium. Talks about sketch of a two-story laboratory building.

Four-page letter from Joseph R. Richards in Boston to Asa Dodge Smith, telling him that Mr. Noble should cut out the cellar window. Talks about the delay on the fence and hopes to see Smith on his next vist to Hanover.

Three-page letter from Joseph R. Richards in Boston to Asa Dodge Smith, telling him that he is arranging to meet Smith at writer's office. The settlement with Mr. Chesley. Writer does not know Mr. Adams.

Seven-page letter from Asa Dodge Smith in Hanover to Joseph R. Richards, telling him that he is surprised at Richards' bill against the Church. He believes that there can be no legal nor moral claim against the society.