Springfield, [Massachusetts], May 2, 1842

Partial letter contents as provided by bookseller: “I trust you will find means to make me one more visit before your departure for Germany … [comments on Spring, the evils of money, Dial magazine, Wheeler’s work on “Herodotus, vol. 2” [and] “a May Day party at Haskins, at which the previous engagement to Miss Parker was much [forwarded?] … P[arker] was Queen of May …”