Series IV. Hodgkins Family Correspondence contains two subseries. Subseries A. Joseph Hodgkins to Sarah Hodgkins includes a substantial number of letters from Hodgkins to his second wife Sarah throughout the course of the war, from 1775, to 1779, including a letter from the Battle of Harlem Heights and three from Valley Forge. Subseries B. Sarah Hodgkins’ Correspondence contains letters written by Sarah to Joseph Hodgkins during the course of the war as well as letters sent by her sister Joanna Chapman to Sarah.