Organization of the Papers
The collection is arranged in eleven series:
- Diaries, 1829-1870
- Family Correspondence, 1821-1872
- General Correspondence, 1810-1898
- Letterbooks and Letterpress Copybooks, 1833-1873
- Speeches and Writings, 1849-1868
- Financial Papers, 1774-1873
- Legal File, 1755-1872
- Miscellany, 1840-1896
- Special Indexes
- Additions, 1850-1858
- Oversize, 1840.