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The William C. Dawson letter collection contains a letter of recommendation and accompanying genealogical information.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Athens, Georgia, September 25, 1847, "Dear Uncle," signed "Oliver B. Boddie," regarding a check and arriving in Dayton, Ohio by the middle of November.

The collection consists of one letter (and transcript of letter): dated Campbellton, Georgia, September 20, 1848, addressed to "Col. James Austin," signed "William (?) Austin," (signature is indecipherable), regarding starting a business, preferably in some other town.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Philadelphia, September 1, 1851, "My dear sister" (possibly meant Susan Mary Cumming), signed "Mary Jones," regarding sewing, vacation, visitors, and the health of her family.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Savannah, November 30, 1853, to "Doctor R. D. Arnold," signed "William P. Bowen," regarding the burial place of General Casimir Pulaski, and the presence of Bowen's aunt and mother at the Siege of Savannah.

The collection consists of a letter dated Washington City, December 18, 1854, to James A. Waller, signed "W.C. Dawson", concerning a letter that Dawson wrote to the Secretary of the Navy. In 1854 Dawson had just finished a term as Senator and was the President of the Southern Commercial Conventions.

One letter: dated Lumpkin (Georgia), October 29, 1856, to "Rev. J. H. DeVotie," signed "S. Root," in which Root asks for Devotie's assistance in counseling Judge M. J. Wellborn of Columbus, and assisting Wellborn in his search for religion.

One romantic love letter to an unidentified girl from Edwin----, in Island Creek, Georgia, dated February 14, 1859.

A letter of three full pages, written to Solon Z. Ruff's brother, Joseph H. Ruff. The letter is dated 7 April 1860, and it describes Marietta, its prospects on the eve of war, and the military organization of the town's young men, of which he was named captain. In describing the prospects for the town, he notes, "There are several houses in Atlanta that sell for very small profits for the cash and the consequence is the people from here whenever they had any money, run down there and do their trading. This has carried off the best part of the trade from Marietta and ruined some of our merchants."

The collection consists of one letter dated Bainbridge, Georgia, November 13, 1860, Hon. Abraham Lincoln, signed Len M. Griffin, Joseph Law, and Alexr. N. Murphy. The three Georgians request the Electoral College to cast their votes for John Bell of Tennessee, and Edward Everett of Massachusetts.