The Hiawatha Band was a short-lived literary society of Hicksite Quaker and other young people in Richmond, Indiana, a continuation of an earlier Vesper Band. This book contains essays that members composed and read at meetings. Authors include Essie Hadley, Will N. Matthews, Ed R. Matthews, Essie J. Lupton, John P. Lancaster, J. L. Thomas, Isaac L. Thomas, John S. Hadley. The first two pages are 1851 accounts for Hoosier Fire Engine Company No. 3. Transfer from Lauramoore Home, 2006.