Smith has often thought of Brownson and his father and sister since the Civil War but has just now learned his address. She notes the passing of the years since they have last met. Only Appleton and Alvin are left to her, just as Henry has only one brother left. She is not prosperous and cannot purchase the 15 volumes of his father's works. She appreciates Brownson's domestic life and recalls the simplicity of his father's household in New Jersey. She laments the ostentation of the present day, especially since labor is so poorly paid. She has sent a manuscript to a man named Ellsworth in Detroit of a book concerned with abuses of the working man. She has heard nothing satisfactory from Ellsworth and asks Brownson to look into the matter, if it is not too much trouble. She asks if Brownson ever knew Father O'Reiley, and sends her best wishes to Brownson and his family. Enclosure: clipping of a one inch, one column advertisement of E. Ellsworth, Detroit, Michigan. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.