it is from frances lister, who is a real estate agent. it is to his two sons. it starts out, "dear boys." basically it is what happened to him and his family during the storm. it goes into great detail about the water rising and the wind picking up and what happened to them through the night of september 8. and it is basically let the boys know -- he had sent them tell a brand's, but i guess he wanted to go into more detail and let them know what happened that night. the detail is very descriptive and gives you an idea of the horrors these people suffered. just to give you an idea how horrible the night was we can read about the water rising in the wind picking up and things being moved off their foundations, but mr. let -- mr. lister in his letter said, you need to send his wife and daughter off the island. he was afraid of disease. he was afraid of an epidemic. -- as soon as i can get them out of here. the town will be visited by an epidemic, i think. in any case, they are so terribly shocked, they must be taken away from here. that gives you an idea of the t