Rowe asks Winter if he will do him the favor of taking charge of the key to his lodgings.

Rowe tells Winter that his extended hand was a great comfort under distressing circumstances. Apart from the shortcomings of the piece, somone lost his only child that same afternoon and was more than useless.

Expresses his regret for having communicated to Boucicault the intention of William Winter's nearest friends, as he only just learned that Boucicault is a recent acquaintance of his. Letter is dated simply "Wednesday" but 1873 is written on the first leaf in what appears to be William Winter's hand.

Hows writes of how he enjoyed Winter's books on Brougham and O'Brien. On letterhead of the New York Evening Express, New York. Signed from Geo. W. Hows.

Winter requests a voucher for the 25 dollars he paid for the volume of The Columbian Sentinel. Addressed from 17 Third Avenue, Fort Hill, New Brighton, Staten Island. With accompanying envelope addressed to Philes 249 South 6th St., Philadelphia (crossed out) and forwarded to 88 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, New York.