Organization of the Papers
The collection is arranged in nine series:
- General Correspondence and Related Documents, 1793-1877
- Family Correspondence, 1906-1941
- Letterbooks, 1854-1872
- Diaries and Notebooks, 1805-circa 1840
- Scrapbooks, Clippings, and Newspapers, 1815-1944
- Printed Matter, 1823-1944
- Miscellany, circa 1830-1944
- Additions, 1807-1871
- Oversize, 1844-1872