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The collection consists of a letter to Edward Telfair, Georgia Governor and John Milton, Secretary of State, from Zachariah Cox, dated January 13, 1790 regarding the Tennessee Land Company. The letter certifies that Stephen Heard, William Downs, Henry Candler, John F. Gardner, Daniel Gaines, Middleton Woods, William Cox, and Thomas Carr are associates in the Tennessee Land Company, an investment company which purchased Yazoo land.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Fort Fidius, State of Georgia, April 30, 1794, addressed to Senator Ralph Izard, signed "R.B. Roberts." Roberts requests that Izard consider appointing Roberts to the Command of the garrisons along the Southern Seaports. He writes "…all these reasons prompt me to request, you would favor me so far as to second my application to General Knox for the command of the Southern Seaports."

The collection consists of a letter from Samuel Meeker writing to General James Winchester of Cragfont, Tennessee.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Augusta, Georgia, April 3, 1819, to "Col. Thomas Aspinwall," singed "William Cumming," regarding Aspinwall's appointment as U.S. Consul, and Cumming's brother, Henry Cumming.

The collection consists of one handwritten letter: dated Treasury Department, June 5, 1822, to "Thomas Wilson, Cashier of the Bank of the United States," signed "William H. Crawford," regarding banking matters.

One letter from Ovid P. Brown, Columbus, Mississippi, to his father James Brown, South Carolina, about the welfare of friends and family and financial affairs. Also included is mention of a treaty with the Chickasaw and Choctaw regarding sale of land.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Augusta, Georgia, November 5, 1827, "The Hon. H. Clay," signed "Robert Raymond Reid," regarding Florida patronage.

The collection consists of one letter regarding a sick friend and Dr. Waddel. Excerpt from letter: "Tomorrow we expect Dr. Waddel the late president of Franklin College to preach the funeral of our deceased friend."

The collection consists of one letter: dated Milledgeville, February 15, 1830, to George W. Crawford, signed William H. Torrance, regarding the arrest of Elijah H. Burritt of the Milledgeville Statesman & Patriot for possessing insurrectionary literature, which was discovered by John Polhill.

The collection consists of a letter from William W. Wiggins to the president of Union College, New York, regarding information about Union College, expenses of tuition, boarding, etc.