Written from North Bucksport, Maine. Opens "Dear Cousin." Assures her they are not forgotten. Reports that Mr. Collins is his teacher and that he had attended school three weeks "down in Uncles District." He has a "nice pair of steers and a nice sled for them," and had "hauled a load of wood for Uncle" the previous day. He writes that Fannie is writing to Ruth, who is is Orland teaching school, and that the ice is thick but snow-covered, preventing skating. His parents are preparing to go to church in the new meetinghouse, where James Crawford will preach. Rich and several others are "sick with the consumption." He had been to Aunt Hannah's the previous day, and Fannie had received a present from Uncle Rich in Bangor. His parents send love.