Vessel's manifest. Signed by Joseph Crandell, Master of the ship. Certificate for part of cargo signed by Thomas Arnold. Two documents.

Draft on the General Treasury for payment to Daniel Jenckes. Signed by J. Gardner, Tho. Cranston, and Peter Bours.

Signature. Includes portrait of Daniel Turner, MD (Peter's father).

Promissory note promising to pay Samuel Allyn.

Orders from the Navy Department.

List of manuscripts which he will keep for exhibition at John Carter Brown Library.

Asking him to allow George G. Wolkins to see his manuscript of Winslow's Hypocrisie Unmasked. Typed letter on The John Carter Brown Library letterhead.

Letter to unidentified recipient. Giving sources for information on early American imprints.

Includes copy of Edgar Allan Poe bibliography, but asks for it returned. Has known of one or two copies of Tamerlane. Includes etching of a bust of Whitman.

Requesting to make changes to a manuscript. Mentions articles about Edgar Allan Poe.

Regarding signals to be observed by commanders in the Continental Navy. Signed by John Browne and John P. Rathburne.

Regarding safe return from trip to visit him. Includes family details. Whipple is married to Arnold's sister.

Regarding the fact that Newport cannot entertain the 2nd RI Regiment except on July 4th.

Regarding joining Century Club if he can find enough money for the fees. Mentions George Arnold. Includes portrait of Winter.

Stating he will obtain requested autographs as soon as possible. He has been very busy in valley of Virginia with Sheridan.

Regarding an obstruction across a channel. The weather is delaying the repair, as the boats cannot work. Mentions the immediate procurement of a memorandum of materials for five ships.

Regarding sending a check for a book.

Congratulations on the capture of the Sloops Henry and Swift and many British Troops. Includes list of prisoners captured from both ships.

Concerns 1639 Psalter for sale at Libbie's.

Declining attendance at the meeting of the 2nd RI Volunteers.

Instructions to captains and commanders of private armed vessels. Eleven numbered instructions. Extract from the minutes of a meeting by Charles Thomson. Signed by Henry Ward and James Munro.

Family letter to his parents.

Draft on the General Treasury for payment to Joseph Wanton. Signed by Henry Ward.

Dimensions of a vessel load of oak wood to be delivered to Tousard in Newport.

Deposition. Signed by John Dexter, Justice of the Peace. Mentions Warwick and Boston. Mentions Gideon Croford.

Bill for rations.

Assignment of balance of legacy to brother-in-law Samuel Allyn.

Poem. The Last Flowers.

A Second Psalm of Life.