Margaret P. Olivier letter to her niece, Ellen A. Baylor. Olivier writes about family matters including the visit of Ellen's brother George who came to collect a debt; Ellen's Aunt Mary Whiting's destitute family; and the conversions of her uncles, Warren Baylor and Mr. Whiting.
Petition of Ann Fox and her sons, Henry, Thomas B. and William, to George Wythe of Virginia's High Court of Chancery. The petitioners allege John Fox, eldest son of Ann and her husband John, sold his father's lands which were designated in the father's will to be distributed by Ann to all four sons. The petitioners seek restitution from the younger John's estate.
Poem about Blandford Church written by Dr. John C. McCabe. The church was completed in 1737 but abandoned in 1806. McCabe contrasts the current condition of the rundown edifice with its glorious past when it was a center of worship.
Love poem written by George D. Baylor. The poem describes the wooing of a female bird by a male who wants her to join him in his nest within a maple tree.