In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, John Orcutt says that he has gathered the documents relating to the council held in North Reading for the safe keeping, and that Phelps can call on him to have access to them.
Uzziah C. Burnap writes to Amos A. Phelps advocating John Orcutt’s character in anticipation of Phelps being called upon as a member of a Council at North Reading in a case involving Orcutt.