Some discussion of the Commission Company; plans for a trip to New York; religious revival continues at Litchfield, but Frederick Deming is despondent; Mrs. Tallmadge sends news of family and friends; Judge James Gould has revived an old quarrel.

Acknowledges Cushman's letter; has met briefly with Judge Payne; Bennet Tyler may accept the presidency of Dartmouth College; is distressed that the quarrel between Judges Tapping Reeve and James Gould has been revived.

Acknowledges Cushman's letter; discusses sale of lands in Ohio; is anxious to get rid of stock in the Commission Company; mentions Lyman Beecher and tells of the religious revival at Litchfield.

Three letters, from Benjamin Tallmadge to John Paine Cushman. Tallmadge refers to a controversy between Judge James Gould and Judge Tapping Reeve; discusses the sale of Cushman's Ohio lands and his own stock; and praises the religious revival in Litchfield. The last letter includes a note by Maria Tallmadge to Tallmadge's daughter Maria with social news.