Business and personal letters to Daniel Shaw, a native of England, who was anturalized in 1826 and became a successful merchant of Lake Landing, North Carolina. The business letters are from wholesale firms and commission merchants concerning the sale of corn, and from ship companies giving passenger rates to Southampton, England. Also contains bills for goods bought by Daniel Shaw from R. & W. Tannahill of Washington, D. C.; receipts; and papers relating to the estates of Willoughby Higson, Nehemiah Benson, and Andrew Shanklin.