Letters (1775-1777) pertaining to the Silas Deane affair; agreement (1798) with Tadeusz Kościuszko regarding his services in the Revolutionary War; statement (1802) of armed French vessels captured by the U.S. between 1799 and 1800, signed by James Madison; impressment order (1811) for the British sloop Alert; letter (1845) of Hamilton Fish regarding a stock dividend; and other chiefly legal, financial, and military documents.