Papers consist chiefly of family correspondence. Letters of Mary Wells Sibley and Mary White Morris during the ante-bellum period discuss personal matters, life at Mount Elon Plantation, the sale of a slave, the execution of African Americans for the murder of "Mr. Herbert Flint's overseer," a fire in Alexandria (1856), and family and social events. Civil War correspondence includes a letter from Thomas H. Morris to his wife from Matamoros, Mexico (1865) describing a trip through South Texas, local economic conditions, and attitudes of businessmen who desired the war to continue. Letters (1861-1862) of John Brynan, an officer of the 11th Louisiana Volunteer Regiment, to Thomas H. Morris describe army conditions, skirmishes, and battles in Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. A letter from E. G. Adger mentions the death of one of his sons in the war and his own war wounds. A letter (1878) from Adger's son (?), John Adger, was written to Thomas H. Morris from the Bingham School. Family correspondence of the post-war period includes letters from the Morris sons, Henry and John B., describing student life and conditions while they were attending Bingham School (1878-1879). The collection contains a receipt of a bank draft and a promissory note.
