Collection consists mainly of letters and notes on routine financial and government matters. Correspondents include Daniel S. Dickinson, Gideon Granger, Cadwallader R. Colden, Francis Granger, Hamilton Fisk (on letterhead of the Department of State, Washington), L. P. Watson (on letterhead of the Executive Mansion, Albany), and Eliphalet Nott. One of the items from Hamilton Fisk is a letter appointing Dorman B. Eaton to the civil service (April 23, 1873); another is a letter to Charles B. Norton acknowledging his request for an appointment abroad (October 24, 1872). Also, two certificates of shares of stock in Western Emigrating Company issued to Roswell C. Otis on March 9, 1835.