This fragment is the closing page of a letter which has been lost. After conveying greetings from James Reynolds, possibly a relation through his mother Nancy's first marriage, James writes that he is sorry to hear that "my sweetheart was about to leave me, to hunt for another one in such a time as this." He then consents to let her go if she finds another man. This sweetheart may be Martha Ann Fulton, whom James married in 1867.