Series I. Reverend John C. March Papers includes correspondence to his wife, from their courtship in 1832 to 1845, one year before his death. These letters describe his personal, civic, and church activities while he was minister of the Belleville church in Newbury, Massachusetts. Letters written to family and friends in 1840 and John's diaries recount his trip to Washington, D.C., and his voyage in the brig Alice to London and Paris. Of note is a description of an antislavery meeting in London (see diary, June 24, 1840). The bulk of John's miscellaneous correspondence consists of letters to his Hale family relatives and friends. His miscellaneous papers include a poetry and essay book compiled while he was a student at Yale University in 1824.