His first public lecture, rehearsals at Loughton and Farncombe useful, cut sections following advice of Mr Marshall, enclosing a newspaper and press cuttings (not present), report on lecture brief because today is election day; tour along Hudson and to West Point Military college with Mr Browne, spectacular scenery including basalt cliffs "The Palisades" along the river (with ink sketch of cliffs with a sailing boat on the river below); colourful autumn foliage; details of hotel food including "shaker apple-sauce"; tram cars in Boston; meeting with Spiritualist doctor Nichols, invited to visit; plans to visit botanist Asa Gray at Cambridge tomorrow; discovery of a chess club and plans to play.

A séance at which he observed the ghosts of an Indian man and a baby; travel by sleeping-car from Baltimore; white and black populations in Boston and Baltimore.

Detailed description of a séance in Boston at which spirits including those of an American Indian and a baby apparently materialised; another séance at which spirits of ARW's Australian cousin Algernon Wilson and a woman who had met ARW at Kate Cook's apparently materialised; floral decorations at a dinner in Boston hosted by John M Forbes with guests including Asa Gray, O W Holmes and James Russell Lowell, sending Violet a menu; sending a poem suitable for reciting cut from a magazine; beauty of the city of Washington; lack of lecture engagements, may go to Canada; letter to be forwarded to Violet's aunt Fanny (Sims).

Enclosing press cuttings (not present) apparently reporting a social occasion hosted by spiritualist Mrs Hooker, sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs Beecher Stowe, at which ARW was introduced to about 50 people; lectures to local Anthropological societies; lack of paying lectures, if none booked in California will not be able to afford to go there as fare is £50; only two forthcoming engagements in Canada; spending time visiting Museums and libraries and writing for American newspapers and for Harris; expense of hotel; changeable weather; detailed description of the "most beautiful" Capitol building and comparison with British House of Commons; instructions to send letters via agent Williams; hopes Violet is reading and studying well.

From Niagara Falls (Canada), describing the partly frozen falls and surrounding area; ferns entirely absent, probably taken by tourists, every rock and stump covered with (carved) names.

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The weather and the seasons and that ARW has not seen a single place he should like to live in. He writes of "Big Trees" including Redwoods and tells of his plans to visit Santa Cruz and Lake Tahoe before coming home in late August. ARW also mentions that he has been lecturing on Spiritualism in San Francisco.

ARW marking exam papers; Violet's expenses and studies; family matters.

Inspection of houses and Violet's education and expenses.

Violet's studies; work in garden; various visitors.

ARW's forthcoming lecture in Liverpool; gardening; her brother William's affairs.

ARW's lectures at Liverpool, York and Darlington; award of DCL from Oxford; dining with the Hookers; Violet's studies.

Bill for book binding; flowers sent from France by Harris; national stocks of coal and dispute between colliery owners and miners.

Violet's studies and effort to obtain a hedgehog for teaching purposes; damage to William's eyes in a laboratory accident; ARW's thoughts on the publication "Why does man Exist"; Violet's illegible writing.

Violet's birthday; ARW's lecture tour; ARW to give evidence before a Royal Commission (on vaccination); local burglary; visitors.

Royal Commission on Vaccination; visit to old friends at Liverpool; Violet's cats, influenza and studies.

Violet's health and expenses; family visitors.

Spring flowers; family affairs; Vaccination Commission; exam papers.

Marking exam papers; writing address for L.N. (Land Nationalisation) Society; Violet's studies; local walks.