Incoming and outgoing correspondence, including 42 letters from prominent Georgia politician William H. Crawford, mainly related to Mitchell’s tenures as governor and as agent to the Creek Indians.

Other correspondents include William W. Bibb, William B. Bulloch, John C. Calhoun, John Floyd, Andrew Jackson, James Jackson, William McIntosh, James Monroe, George Troupe and Creek Indian Big Warrior. The miscellaneous items include Creek Agency material consisting of a few letters, including four from Creek Indian Big Warrior, accounts and receipts, two manuscript documents concerning the laws, usages and customs of the Creek nation, and a description of Seminole towns and warrior strength. Other material includes an 1802 account of a duel between Mitchell and William Hunter, and an affidavit relating to the accusation against Mitchell of slave smuggling.

Content of the collection concerns national and local politics, foreign affairs, military matters and the approaching War of 1812, the Yazoo land fraud, Florida history, attitudes and actions regarding African-Americans and Indians, and Mitchell’s attempts to defend his reputation against accusations of slave smuggling. Most items are accompanied by a typed transcription on acid-free paper.