Included are a series of ten letters (1870s) from Mrs. Catherine (Grayston) Bond to relatives in England commenting on the growth of her family, on living and working conditions, on the master, a Philadelphia business man, to whom she and her husband were engaged as farm-helpers; another series (1879-99) also written by Mrs. Bond from Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas, commenting on her family, living conditions, prices of land, wages, and other matters; and two letters (1877-78) by James Grayston, Grafton, West Virginia, relating to the railroad strike and lack of work, and to land which was rent free for the clearing.