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This collection is made up of letters that friends and family members wrote to Nancie T. Clark (later Flagler) about their lives in and around Coomer, New York, in the mid-19th century. Henry Bolton Flagler, Nancie's fiancé and husband, wrote about his work as a teacher and store clerk in Michigan and his later search for work in Pennsylvania.

This collection (50 items) is made up of letters that friends and family members wrote to Nancie T. Clark (later Flagler) about their lives in and around Coomer, New York, in the mid-19th century. The earliest letters from Clark's friends and family contain social and family news. Henry B. Flagler, Nancie's future husband, first wrote in November 1858, describing his work as a teacher in Stockbridge, Michigan, and as a store clerk in Martin, Michigan. From 1866 to 1867, he discussed his attempts to find employment in the Pennsylvania oil industry and complained about the brevity of his wife's letters. Additional items include 2 letters from E. Button of Sycamore, Illinois, to Malvina A. Putnam of Charlestown, New Hampshire, about her social life and a recent smallpox outbreak (March and April 1855), and a letter from an unidentified Union soldier about his work strengthening fortifications and fighting against guerillas at Fort Tillinghast, Virginia (March 17, 1864).