A collection consisting of two letters discussing smallpox vaccinations sent from Dr. John Vaughan of Philadelphia to Dr. Philip Tidyman of Charleston, S.C. The letters are dated December 11, 1801 and April 7, 1802 and the latter contains a sketch of a water filtration system.
A handwritten letter from Frederick Garrissen of Germany to Charleston merchant William Stephen requesting that Stephen ship goods to Europe, as supplies were limited due to war.
A handwrriten letter from John Torrans to Alexander Rose persuading him to purchase a brigatine sailing vessel called industry. The postscript mentions that one of the enslaved people is a runaway.
