Letter from Louisa Cook Walters to her sister Emma about Louisa's ill health, religion, and her new house.
Letter from Louisa Cook Walters to her friends about having had sad news from home, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, violence in town, and other particulars about life in Placerville.
Letter from Louisa Cook Walters to her sister Emma about her own good health and about her new husband Mr. Walters.
Letter from Louisa Cook to her sister Emma responding to a previous letter from Emma about buying family land, and also about Louisa and Mary's lives in Idaho.
Letter from Louisa Cook to her mother and sisters about having the measles, the cost of items compared to other places, meeting an old acquaintance, and the well-being of mutual relatives.
Letter from Louisa Cook to her sister Emma about the many hardships of the Oregon Trail, Native Americans, and death.