Wishes to be instructed regarding the arrival of a flag to affect a prisoner exchange of Justice Hewlet and John Snidcher and Joseph Youngs and James Ferris. He directed the officer to return while awaiting further orders.
One letter from Philadelphia to his son Frederick who was studying at Yale. Notes his inquiries regarding his son were answered satisfactorily; advises him regarding improvement and learning and that he is at a critical time in his life urging regard to religion, good behavior, and time management. Notes that they soon expect to receive news that a peace treaty was agreed upon.
Official correspondence from Oliver Wolcott, while serving as Secretary of the Treasury Department, to Nathaniel Appleton, Commissioner of Loans, to inform him that the Treasurer of the United States will remit eighty thousand dollars in a draught on the Office of Discount and Deposit in Boston to enable Appleton to discharge interest that is coming due on stock.
One letter to Frederick Wolcott from Philadelphia thanking him for not selling the corner of his lot; gives details of Colonel Tallmadge's account; family news; fears the rumors of fever and hopes they are unfounded.