Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged in eleven series:
- Series 1, General Correspondence and Related Material, 1651-1827
- Series 2, Gates Letterbook Correspondence, 1780-1781
- Series 3, District of Columbia Miscellany, 1790-1808
- Series 4, Account Books, 1767-1782
- Series 5, Commonplace Books, 1758-1772
- Series 6, Randolph Family Manuscripts, 1790-1889
- Series 7, Miscellaneous Bound Volumes and Clippings, 1768-1904
- Series 8, Virginia Records, 1606-1637
- Series 9, Collected Manuscripts, 1783-1822
- Series 10, Addition, 1735-1943
- Oversize, 1735-1878