Written from 224 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois. Opens "My Dear Friend." Notes that the letter was forwarded from Vineland and that he did think Grace was going to stop writing to him. He says that people who see his picture in his album constantly remark that she is the "best-looking of any in the book." He reports that he has been copying burnt books since he got to Chicago, and that his brother and others were burnt out with the fire "but saved most of their books & papers thanks to good vaults and safes." He sends Florence much joy and notes how fast the new buildings are going up in Chicago. Envelope postmark unclear, only the date "13" legible. Addressed to "Miss Grace D. Nichols, Rockland, Maine."