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Six letters from Huntington to Frederick Wolcott concerning political affairs, family life, and business matters.

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Huntington writes Wolcott about his dying mother.

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Huntington informs Wolcott of the death of his mother, Hannah Mumford Huntington, the previous evening.

Scope and Contents Huntington writes a lengthy report on state politics; William Bristol won the caucus for the Governorship; Oliver Wolcott came in second; he expects Bristol to decline and Oliver to be at the head of the ticket again; political wrangling as to the nomination of a Senator, the House voted for Calvin Willey, the Senate voted for James Lanman; specifies how the state senators voted in the election for Senate; details appointments for judges and sheriffs in Connecticut counties; facetiously...

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Huntington notes the slate of candidates for the next election, including Oliver Wolcott, has been approved; reports on campaigning for the office of US Senator and the election of Calvin Willey to the post; the legislature did not approve a bank bill for Sharon.

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Huntington writes about the Judiciary Bill which passed the House. It would create a new Supreme Court of Errors and abolish the County Courts.

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Huntington writes Wolcott about continuation of the Judiciary Bill to the next session, and that the Sharon Canal Bank was rejected for the third time.

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Journal kept during her first term at the Litchfield Female Academy providing details of the curriculum and gossip about other students and teachers. Extremely Fragile: access restricted (a transcription is available)