Series II. Writings and Miscellaneous Papers includes poems and prose writings of Dodge, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence. Some of Dodge's works represented in this series include "Benevolence," "The Importance of Education," and a draft of "Woman's Place in the Republic." There is a printed form of a "Voluntary Prayer" written by Gail Hamilton for the Essex Agricultural Society program of 1861. Also included in this series is an autograph collection, with many signatures of prominent individuals of the time. There are also two notebooks of essays and poetry written by Mary Abigail Dodge between the years 1841 and 1855. Some of the writings from notebook one include "The Character of a Good Scholar" (1841), "The Bridal and the Funeral" (1847), and "A Short Sermon of a Lay Priestess 'Young Men and Maidens' " (1849). The second notebook contains writings of Dodge while at the Ipswich Female Seminary in 1850. "A Metrical Romance in Five Cantos" translated from the German of Goethe by Henry W. Longfellow is copied into the volume.