The Democrat candidate for President, Grover Cleveland, was in Lincoln for the 4th of July celebration at the courthouse in 1884.

This letter seems to be written by Mary (Moll) Coogan, sending news to Tom Townsend about her new job, her mother and father ("Dada"), her sisters and brothers, and about the planned visit of NYC Cousins Luke and Delia Doyle with their uncle Mathew Coogan.