A bill of sale to Sarah Marie Drayton for the purchase of four slaves named Flora, Shedrack, Mary-Ann, and Emma, from Susan S. Keith and Charles M. Furman.
A newspaper clipping referencing the funeral of Sarah Moore Grimke held in Hyde Park, Boston. William Lloyd Garrison and Lucy Stone made eulogies for Grimke.
A letter from Nathaniel Sargent (1831) informs Grimke of his election as Vice President of the American Lyceum, noting other officers and essay topics assigned to them.
Signature of Edward Braddock (1695-1755), British commander of troops in North American, who lost his life in the French and Indian war, pasted on a sheet of biographical information.
A short letter from Angelina Grimke Weld to her niece, Mary, thanking her for sending a "token" gift and surmising that her sister Sarah's death was caused by a bad cold.
A letter from Theodore Drayton-Grimke to his father, Thomas S. Grimke, written from New Haven, Connecticut while attending Yale. Drayton-Grimke acknowledges the receipt of his father's "kind letter" and describes his daily routine of studies at Yale.
A letter from Glen Drayton to his brother (Thomas Drayton?) asking him to protect and care for his children whom he has put under the care of a Mrs. Foster, with a mention of advice from General Pinckney.
A letter from Sarah Weld Hamilton to "Cousin Marianna" [Haskell] regarding her aunt Sarah Moore Grimke's death, mentioning the latter's religious beliefs, with references to family and her mother, Angelina Grimke Weld. Hamilton also encloses a lock of Sarah Moore Grimke's hair.
A letter (1756) referencing the recruitment of Indians as troops, written by William Shirley (1694-1771), who served as the Governor of Massachusetts and a commander, after Braddock, of British troops in the French and Indian War.