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The collection consists of one letter: dated Ward no. 64, Officers Hospital, Griffin, Georgia, July 26, 1864, "Dear Madam," signed "Robert Dly Frazer," regarding the crippling injury J. Harvey endured in battle on July 22. Frazer describes the battle leading up to the injury in great detail.

The collection consists of one letter: dated January 3, 1863, "Dear Cousin" (Mrs. Almeda Shepard), signed "Mary H. Dow," regarding army drawers for soldiers, and the poor treatment of white substitutes in the army.

This letter references the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pa. which included a choral cantata entitled "The Centennial Meditation of Columbus, 1776-1876," with music by Dudley Buck and words by Sidney Lanier. In this letter dated September 21, 1876, Lanier tells Buck that he heard the cantata at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia conducted by [Theodore] Thomas with a chorus of four hundred. He gives his opinion of the performance and also mentions his "continual illness" affecting his work.

The collection consists of a letter written by Sir Walter Scott. The seven-line letter is a third-person address of good wishes to the distinguished Scottish author Charles Mackay of the Theatre Royal. Mackay added a note at the bottom of the page. The entire item is enclosed in a carved wooden frame.

The collection consists of a letter written by Sidney Swinney to Lord Townshend dated 8 March 1768 that mentions General Oglethorpe. There are also two accompanying letters dated 1923 which were between the donor of the Swinney letter, F. C. Winchester of Sussex, and the State Librarian, Maud B. Cobb.

The collection consists of a letter from Wills Hill (at that time, Earl of Hillsborough), Whitehall, to acting governor James Habersham, Savannah, Georgia dated April 1, 1772. The letter discusses Indian depredations, smallpox, an appropriation for the support of the "civil establishment of Georgia for the present year", says he encloses copy of estimate upon which grant is founded "for your direction in the Application thereof," mentions an increase in the allowance for purchase of "implements and utensils for improving the manufacture of raw silk."

The collection consists of a handwritten, signed letter by Sir Patrick Houston, dated April 28, 1773, concerning land surveys.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Savannah, Georgia, February 25, 1782, to Thomas Graham, signed "Peter Swanson," regarding the difficulty of transporting furs through Georgia.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Savannah, June 4, 1785, "Dear Sir," signed "Nathaniel Pendleton," regarding the sale of Mr. Stead's property.

The collection consists of one letter: dated September 20, 1786, addressed to John Jay, signed "William Houstoun" and "William Few," regarding the boundary dispute between Georgia and South Carolina and the boundary with Spanish Florida. The collection also includes a page providing historical background on the situation and time period.