About 30 letters and a few miscellaneous papers. Includes Letter from E.L. Baker about cotton trees, Feb. 14, 1862; Letter from J.N. Denison expressing dissatisfaction with recent legislation, Jun. 27, 1862; Letters from E. A. Jewett about claims against the Pullman Company, Mar. 29 and Apr. 27, 1876; and Table of levels of the railroad west from Burlington, n.d.