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Letter is written to Otis from Alexander Hamilton, and discusses a civil suit related to trade between a New Jersey company and Para, Brazil. Hamilton mentions evidence from Portugal.

Collection consists of four letters addressed to Paca. Most are requests from various persons, e.g., a British prisoner asking for his freedom and permission to settle in Annapolis with his family, a Maryland Representative writing on behalf of a woman seeking restitution for personal losses to the British, and a Baltimore man seeking an official pass to visit New York City on business. Another letter inventories the losses in the 1783 fire at the Annapolis armory.

A note on the cover of a missing letter. The note refers to the enclosed letter on the 14th from Palliser, who has given intelligence information to the British regarding a vessel that is to be purchased or detained for His Majesty's use.

Facsimile of Payne's "Home, Sweet Home." Located in Box 7 of the Harry L. and Mary K. Dalton Collection.

Miscellaneous correspondence written in Pennsylvania. Items are located in Box 7 of the Harry L. and Mary K. Dalton Collection.

Three letters, two engravings of Perry, and an announcement of a public dinner given by the citizens of Washington, D.C. in honor of Perry's victory on Lake Erie in 1813. The letters, two of which are facsimiles, are written by Perry to Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, and General William Henry Harrison, and chiefly concern his military victory on Lake Erie, the delivery of prisoners following that event, and a recommendation that a William Prant Smith be given a midshipman's warrant.

Collection consists of oversized parchment deeds and indentures pertaining to land in what was called the "Northern Liberties" of Philadelphia in the 18th century. Included is a map [ca. 1778?] of land owned by William Coates, a Revolutionary officer and Justice of the Peace for the township of North Liberties. Of particular interest is the plot of land on Coates Street designated as the property of Benjamin Franklin. This is the plot mentioned in Franklin's last will and testament as "my pasture-ground which I have in Hickory Lane, with the buildings thereon..." The remainder of the collection consists of land indentures made by several different parties.

Includes correspondence; a memorandum of agreement between Pickens and David Files regarding a loan from Pickens to Files; financial papers relating to the operation of Pickens' plantation in Alabama; a mortgage bond; and an Agricultural Memorandum Book (1822-1826) which discusses the clearing of land for planting cotton and corn, describes the seeds he used, and includes several pages of accounts. Pickens also comments on his visits to Cahaba, Alabama, and the flood which occurred while it was the state capitol.

The major portion of this collection of pictures consists of 53 cartes de viste, dating from the 1860s. Most of them are pictures of Civil War generals. Many of these cartes bear a U.S. postage stamp, indicating that they were produced before or during the period Sept. 1, 1864-Aug. 1, 1866, when all such photographs transported in the U. S. mail were subject to this form of government tax in order to raise additional wartime revenue. Only five of them have not been identified. Also included in this collection are 30 engravings, most of them of prominent American statesmen. Included in the collection are engravings of Kit Carson, Samuel P. Chase, Horatio Gates, and members of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Two non-person pictures include an undated print of the Charlotte Female Institute and an 1863 print of Camp Vermont, Virginia during the Civil War. As of April 2008, these items are located on 6th 16:B.