Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) discusses some family matters such as visits, travels, illnesses, as well as the death of their mutual acquaintance, Mr. John Williams. In discussing the ́controversy ́ stirred by Douglass and Garnet, Writer says Garnet had ́proved himself to be a ?tool? of the bigoted sectarians who take up Antislavery as a secondary matter. ́ He is displeased that Garnet is being sent to England and, in his opinion, ́as an advocate of the Free Providence Party. ́ Writer offers some financial aid to Recipient?s brother in Hopedale as a gift and an additional loan to Recipient. He then talks about the death of Dr. Pierce at Brooklyn and a fire in a Worcester church ( ́The society was very glad of it, as it was a shapeless, tasteless structure ? what someone has called the gingerbread abominations of the day ́).