Scope and arrangement
Letters relating to matters of writing, publishing, editorial concerns, and "a scheme for the incorporation of the Knickerbocker Press." One letter, dated February 11, 1864, is written to Putnam's parents George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam, and concerns his service in the Civil War. Other correspondents include Edward Jenks, Frank H. Vizetelly, Ralcy Husted Bell, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Emily Fowler Ford, and Gordon L. Ford.