The back of the postcard has a handwritten note. Dated July 11, 1911, the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Ella Bidwell of Prairie City, Iowa. It reads, "Dear Mother, I arrived in New York yesterday, 3 pm. Had a fine trip. We are seeing the sights...
Four-page letter dated September 17, 1854, from D. McF. [Daniel McFarland] in Sauk City [Wisconsin] to Lysander Spooner [probably in Boston, Massachusetts], describing his circumstances in Wisconsin, and his plans to move further West.