Handwritten letter from Mary A. Burnham in Lancaster to Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. “Academy of the New Church, Adventus Domini” letterhead. 2 pages, double-sided.

Contents: -reading latter part of Conjugial Love; thoughts on memorable relations #55 & 56; striving for pure love of the sex; must not confound natural & spiritual -Dr. (N. C. Burnham) away at Ruff’s Dale, PA; would enjoy hearing from Gertrude -Samie (?) & Mary A. Burnham had Sunday service alone; don’t like being around Old Church people; Clark (Burnham?) & Charley Franklin walked to Columbia to visit sister -delightful call from Miss Sproat of Chillicothe- earnest New Church woman; enjoyed meeting & discussing doctrines w/ Mr. Pitcairn & friends at Convention in Cincinnati; in town to visit w/ sister of Senator Shurman (John Sherman?) who is “a sort of N. C. woman”

Names mentioned: Dr. (Nathan Clark Burnham), Samie (?), Clark (Burnham?), Charley Franklin, Miss Sproat, Mr. Pitcairn (John Pitcairn Jr.?), Senator Shurman (John Sherman?) Places mentioned: Ruff’s Dale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Phila. (Philadelphia)