The letter discusses a short time in Rio de Janeiro, he writes "My stay here will be very short not more I hope than five or ten days". He describes the place as "most disagreeable".

The letter mentions the siege of Baltimore by the British during the War of 1812. Kennedy was recovering from illness in Norfolk, Virginia, and writes to his wife that “Your two letters of the 21st came together last ...

The letter was written while Kennedy was in Gibraltar, he begins "I commenced writing to you yesterday when most unexpectedly Commodore Bainbridge got his whole fleet under way ------ obliged to close my letter without ...

A letter from Kennedy while in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He mentions "I shall depart from this next saturday for Buenos Aires then take in a cargo for the Isle of France."

A letter begins "I arrived here eve yesterday after the most tormenting journey that ever mans endured...". The last note on the letter reads "Cigars No. 6, 7, 8 - are those marked in the original bill as of inferior quality".

The letter is brief (less than a single page), but it does mention the following "Bonaparte is broken by the A.D. Charles and obliged to retreat-".

The letter discusses a shipment and mentions "it is bad enough, but better than first expected".