The collection contains two letters from Francis Marion Hail to his wife Laura during his Civil War service in 1863 and 1864, the last written Feb. 25, and describing the battle 20 miles east of Lake City, Florida. Later letters are by F. P. Singleton to J. W. Hale with an undated cure for mad dog bite written on the back by Flora E. Hale; Emma Cowan to her mother, Lucy Hale; and Nettie or Nellie Cowan to her grandmother Hale.