In this brief but cordial letter written from Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, Halderman asks Wood to reprint an "enclosed" article from the "Herald of Freedom" in the "Kansas Press." Halderman writes that the piece "seems to have been written by a political opponent who is inclined to do me justice." He then mentions "the meeting of the squatters on the Kaw Reserve," and his sympathy for their plight.