This collection consists of a single letter written by Cyrus Byington, a Christian missionary, on December 20, 1821 from the Choctaw Nation. In the letter, Byington expresses his thanks for the donation of clothes to the Choctaw children, who are in need of clothing for the winter.

In a September 24, 1881, letter to Mr. Berlie in Pennsylvania, historian H. S. Halbert writes about his ethnographic and archaeological work among the Choctaw Indians in Neshoba County, MS. He speaks of attending a ball play, overcoming the suspiciousness of the chief and members of the tribe, and finding difficulties in locating antiquities.

This collection consists of one letter from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War, to Samuel Hodgdoin, Commissioner of Military stores. The letter is dated July 17, 1795 and it concerns the distribution orders for goods to Chickasaw and Choctaw peoples.