Typewritten transcripts of letters dated Office of Commissary of Subsistence, at Fayetteville, Arkansas August 19, 1864 and at Fort Smith, Arkansas December 26, 1865. Addressed to William H. Houlton, Co. E, 8th Minnesota Volunteers, the letters relate to Crowell's war experiences in Arkansas.

Commission issued to Homer F. Fellows, July 17, 1861, as Register of the United States Land Office in Springfield, Missouri, bearing the autograph of President Abraham Lincoln; together with unsigned, undated performance bond partly executed by Fellows.

Correspondence, notes, and other research materials compiled by F. P. Rose on the topics of salt, gunpowder, and lead smelting.