Forms: Manuscript letter (copy); Persons: Rev. Henry Ruffner to his father, Colonel David Ruffner; Places: Cincinnati, OH to Kanawha, VA [now WV]; Subjects: Travel plans, preaching in Cincinnati where a large Presbyterian congregation under charge of Rev. Joshua L. Wilson, Mr. Kemper moral conduct of citizens exemplary, Mr. Embree's brewery caught fire, description of Cincinnati (665 dwellings, 614 inhabited, about 6500 people and more to come in summer), Uncle sold for $1000 per acre land he bought at $50, Dr. Allison, Methodists strong, 1815