Topic discussed: Confirmation of the Cincinnati College Board of Trustees' election of McGuffey as Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy and President of the college.

Topic discussed: McGuffey's acceptance of the appointment as President of Cincinnati College.

Topics discussed: Lotten's election as Chair of Rhetoric and Mental Philosophy at Miami University; Bledsoe's experiences at Miami; his new appointment at a church in Lexington, KY.

Topic discussed: Annan's experiences with a Board of Trustees matter and his experiences at Princeton.

Topics discussed: McGuffey's adoption of Webster's orthography; objections to it as stated in a paper by Syman Cobb; importance of having uniform orthography in schools.

Topic discussed: Request for a synopsis of McGuffey's remarks on the Lord's Prayer.

Topics discussed: Communicates the resignation of the President of Ohio University; requests permission to present McGuffey to the Board as a candidate for this position and to ascertain the probability of McGuffey's acceptance, upon his possible election; details of theh President's salary and the college.

Topic discussed: Decision of Wilson not to leave Cincinnati.

Topics discussed: Desire by the Board to have McGuffey as a candidate for the presidency of Ohio University; salary details and information about McGuffey's role as an instructor of mental and moral philosophy.

Topics discussed: Death of Edward Mansfield McGuffey (May 18, 1838-September 4, 1839); experiences at Cincinnati College; payment of debts.