16 items including two pages of an issue of the American Mercury newspaper (Hartford, Connecticut, June 24, 1823); indenture conveying a plot of land in Levanna, Onondaga County, New York from Henry Kerr to John Richardson, 1798; three manuscript poems in various hands, including "Song of the Fugitive Slave," undated; a legal opinion in a case involving a disputed trust fund, 1861; and letters, including a short note from Theodore Roosevelt, on State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, promising to help F.J. Potter, 1900. Correspondents besides Roosevelt include S. [?] R. Crouse, P.L. Curtis, William L. Benson, and Guy O. Hinman. Most of the letters focus on family news.