Topics include 1878 US Senate election contest between Morrill and Luke Poland, and efforts to remove funding for the State Agricultural College from the University of Vermont.
Morrill writes about continued conversation by others in Vermont to separate the Agricultural College from UVM and the idea of adding trustees to the UVM board with agricultural interests.
Morrill writes about the potential for government aid for scholarships and Buckham's recent remarks that the University has not had any students in the agricultural course.
Morrill writes requesting some background information on the University and Agricultural College, and also tells Buckham that he recommended him to Henry Houghton to write a history of Vermont.
