Original letter. Written in Pittsburgh. Discusses M.S.S. business. Comments on a recent controversary that occurred within the New York Church. Remarks on Chandler's new baby girl's name (Grace?) and the marriage of Florence with Joe Reed. Requests summer vacation plans and Chandler to forward his Sunday School Convention Report to the Cleveland New Church. References end of the Franco-Prussian war, and also excitement among Irish-Americans. People, organizations, and places mentioned: the New Church, Custom House, T.H., Giles, New York society, the New Jerusalem, God/ the Lord, T. C. R. 24, that heathen Chinee, newest baby Chandler (Grace), Florence, Joe Reed, South Carolina, the Germans and the Fatherland, the Finnegan Brethren and O'Donnovan Rossi (O'Donovan Rossa), Mr. J. M. Brown of Cleveland Ohio, 298 Penn St. Pittsburgh
