Biographies and wedding trip : July 29-August 16, 1849
Village life in Vermont at Peacham Corner : August 17-December 31, 1849
Married life, teaching, and politics : January 1-May 14, 1850
"Boarding ourselves" and ending Alfred's principalship : May 15-August 14, 1850
Studying law, preparing for baby, and catching gold fever : August 15-December 31, 1850
Practicing law and caring for baby and home : January 1-September 14, 1851
Alfred prepares for California : September 15-October 4, 1851
Chastina in Vermont and Alfred in California : October 5, 1851-August 22, 1852
Chastina prepares for California : August 22-November 16, 1852
Travels to California : recounting events of October 1851 to February 1853
The San Francisco years : May 12, 1853-April 23, 1854
Alfred's afterword : May 21, 1857.