Written from Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Opens "Dear Friend Grace." Sends his old photo as Grace had promised to return it when he sent a new one. He describes the reasons his coat is so shabby: "the first is [I] like to chew the weed which makes the color come out of my coat when I dont look on what I am doing 2d I smoke so much that I dont care for anything else when I am enjoying my pipe & third but not least I get so drung [drunk?] that when I am in that state clothes have to take it & so does every think else." He hopes she will "give me praise or credit for being so Frank (not Porcius) as to own my bad habbits without being questioned on the subject." He notes that his parents are visiting old friends in Illinois and describes a dance they had attended. Envelope postmarked at Vineland, June 5. Addressed to "Grace D. Nichols, Rockland, ME."