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Topics addressed in the letters include land transactions concerning John Turner, surveyor of Berkeley County who registered the land titles of many local families. Includes letters written by Robert Verdier Snodgrass to his wife Sarah Ann Snodgrass, in Hedgesville, Virginia, while he was attending a session of the state legislature in Richmond as a delegate. Some correspondence of Robert Snodgrass includes discussion on the purchase and sale of enslaved people.

Topics addressed in the letters include John Brown's raid, the arrival of the Japanese Embassy in Washington, and the history of the Anderson family. Includes letters from Henshaw family members as well as letters to Sarah Ann Snodgrass from her grandchildren. A letter from Robert Snodgrass to H. Hedges dated January 23, 1860 discusses the division of Charles and Lute (?), enslaved people, in his grandmother's will, and the sale of other enslaved people. A letter from Annie to a cousin, dated April 21, 1862, describes the condition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during wartime and briefly discusses freed Black residents, described as "contraband," and abolitionists in Washington, D.C. Another letter dated May 12, 1865 from Stephen Snodgrass comments on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Correspondence in 1915 and 1916 discusses the methods women were using to insure the passage of the woman suffrage amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Note: Contains racist terms.

1829 Monday, January 5th entry mentions going to court to obtain a certification of freedom for "Mulatto George."