Correspondence, letterbooks, biographical file, invitations, and other papers relating primarily to Farragut's naval activities, especially his role in the protection of American interests in Mexico during the pre-Civil War period. Topics include the brig Boxer, sloop of war Erie, naval ordnance, U.S. minister to Mexico Rober M. McLane, and the war between France and Mexico. Correspondents include James Barron, Charles Baudin, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Alexander James Dallas, Lyman Copeland Draper, Charles Folsom, Duncan N. Ingraham, William D. Jones, John Lenthall, Stephen R. Mallory, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Charles Morris, James Kirke Paulding, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Isaac Toucey, and Melancthon B. Woolsey.