A letter from James L. Young of the Erodelphian Society of Miami University, Ohio, to Thomas S. Grimke notifying him of his election to honorary membership.
A letter to Thomas S. Grimke explaining that the writer has been detained and will not arrive as planned. A reference is made to Middleton [plantation?].
Title page presentation with signature of John Sargent (1779-1852), member of the House of Representatives and Vice Presidential running mate of Henry Clay.
A letter from Benjamin Elliott to Thomas S. Grimke discusses Virgil, education, Grimke's literary output, and Elliott's desire for a list of certain materials in the library of College of Charleston.
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 letter from William Drayton in Philadelphia to Thomas S. Grimke referencing the ownership of plats of land previously belonging to his late grandfather, Thomas Drayton, located in the parishes of St. Helena and Prince William. A sketch of the plat of land is attached.
Letter from Alex Campbell in London, England to Theodore Grimke-Drayton in Munich, Germany. Campbell describes having taken leave from his military regiment (in Ireland) and his plans to spend the winter in Paris.
Letter from Elizabeth Caroline Grimke to her sisters Angelina Grimke and Mrs. Anna Rutledge Grimke Frost regarding the death of their brother Thomas Smith Grimke, and the impact it had on his widow and a family member named John.
A lengthy letter from Daniel Drake, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Thomas S. Grimke's widow details her late husband's visit to Ohio to address the Erodelphian Society's annual meeting at Miami University, his illness (having been exposed to cholera), and his final days before his death.
A letter from Theodore Drayton-Grimke to his father, Thomas S. Grimke, written from New Haven, Connecticut while attending Yale. Drayton-Grimke writes about studying algebra and geometry and describes a recent English composition prize that he won (a work of Shakespeare's).
Long humorous letter written by Theodore Drayton Grimke-Drayton from Offenbach, Germany (1840s?) to his mother describing taking a break from his studies, visiting small towns, castle ruins, going fishing and the dangerous prank he undertook scaling a tower in the duchy of Walsaw, the village of Falkenstein.
A letter from Frederick Grimke to Anna R. Frost focusing on war news and politics, the usurping of power by the Federal government, postal relations between the Confederacy and the USA, and France and Great Britain's failure to formally recognize the Southern Confederacy.
A letter from Frederick Grimke to Anna R. Frost, giving a description of Walterboro, South Carolina circa 1815, and mentioning his meeting decades earlier with Richard Anderson, father of the commander of Robert Anderson of Ft. Sumter, who had served in the Revolutionary War in Charleston and had been imprisoned with Grimke's father, John F. Grimke.
A letter from Frederick Grimke to Anna R. Frost describing his trip to and arrival in Philadelphia. Grimke discusses a recent election and the ways in which local newspapers have reported on the political situation.
A letter from Frederick Grimke to Marianne Haskell mentioning General George B. McClellan's removal from military command, an overheard conversation by abolitionists, and Haskell's recent trip to Newark.
A letter from Frederick Grimke to Marianne Haskell referencing a letter to the editor of his published in "The Crisis" (an abolitionist magazine), a disease of the throat that he is suffering from, and alludes to the Civil War as decided on the side of the Confederacy.