- Letter 251 (early 1862 - Franklin: June 1861) Samuel Bowles
- Letter 252 (early 1862 - Franklin: about 1861) Samuel Bowles
- Letter 253 (early March 1862) Mrs. Samuel Bowles
- Letter 254 (March 1862?) - no ms. Frances Norcross
- Letter 255 (late March 1862) - no ms. Louise and Frances Norcross
- Letter 256 (late March 1862) Samuel Bowles
- Letter 257 (late March 1862? - Franklin: December 1861) Samuel Bowles
- Letter 258 (early 1862) Susan Gilbert Dickinson
- Letter 259 (early April 1862) Samuel Bowles
- Letter 261 (25 April 1862) T. W. Higginson
- Letter 262 (spring 1862) Mrs. Samuel Bowles
- Letter 263 (early May 1862) - no ms. Louise Norcross
- Letter 264 (late May 1862) - no ms. Louise and Frances Norcross
- Letter 265 (7 June 1862) T. W. Higginson
- Letter 266 (early summer 1862) Samuel Bowles
- Letter 267 (mid-July 1862) - no ms. Louise and Frances Norcross
- Letter 268 (July 1862) T. W. Higginson
- Letter 269 (summer 1862?) - no ms. Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Holland
- Letter 270 (about 20 July 1862) Eudocia C. Flynt
- Letter 271 (August 1862) T. W. Higginson