Arrangement of the Papers
The collection is arranged in ten series:
- General Correspondence, 1804-1894
- Department of State, 1776-1893
- Governor of New York, 1836-1850
- Journals and Diaries, 1849-1877
- Subject File, 1845-1888
- Scrapbooks, circa 1836-1899
- John Bassett Moore File, 1732-1914
- Miscellany, 1818-1891
- Addition, 1785-1892
- Oversize, circa 1836-1888