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Hears Gideon wants to accompany Alden Partridge on a tour to the South; requests particulars of the trip. ; May refer to a pedestrian excursion.

Mentions preparations for the visit of General Lafayette to Hartford; will send money and requested items soon.

Responds to his son Gideon's comment that he wishes he had attended the Academy years earlier; Samuel is willing Gideon should stay at the Academy 1-3 years as he sees fit; writes local and family news.

Has heard of Gideon's march to the White Mountains with fellow students and thinks their pace was too quick; Gideon is lucky he wasn't made sick; reports revising his will; the previous day Samuel heard cannon fired from Middletown marking the laying of the cornerstone for Alden Partridge's Academy there; reports many local deaths and illnesses.

Samuel Welles writes to his son, Gideon at the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy. Gideon is finding the rules severe at the Academy; Samuel responds to clothing requests and relays local news including rumored pregnancies of two young and unmarried women.

Samuel Welles writes he is sending requested items to Gideon; haying and harvest going well; relays much news of local interest.

Is willing Gideon should stay at the Academy a year; advises his son to control his passions; relays local news of Gideon's friends.