Correspondence, journals, biographical file, genealogical and other notes, newspaper clippings, and printed material of the Browning family. The journal includes material relating to voyages of the U.S.S. Vincennes, the U.S.S. Ohio, and the U.S.S. Congress, notes on the South Sea islands, descriptions of Mediterranean and South American countries, watercolors of Turks, obituaries of naval officers, observations on the U.S. Navy, and diagrams and studies of Napoleon's campaigns, the bombardment of Odesa (1854), and the attack on San Juan de Ulúa Island, Mexico (1838). Correspondents of Robert L. Browning, Sr., include Richard Bache, Caleb Cushing, Samuel F. Du Pont, William Sinclair, and Thomas D. Sumpter.