King family papers contain letters from Rufus King, letters from William King, letters from Mary Black King to her son Cyrus King, Cyrus King family correspondence, and Cyrus King family papers.

Rufus King letters include several letters to Cyrus King discussing his education and relaying developments in the negotiation and passage of Jay's Treaty. The majority of William King's letters are to Cyrus King, but recipients also include Hannah S. King, William Rufus King (Cyrus' son), and Reuben H. Green. William's letters to Cyrus King primarily discuss mutual business matters. His letters to Hannah and William Rufus King after Cyrus King's death in 1817 discuss W.R. King's education. Mary Black King's letters to her son Cyrus date from when he was in school, as well as when he was in England with Rufus King, and contain family news and maternal advice.

Cyrus King family correspondence, 1791-1853, covers a variety of family matters. Cyrus King's correspondents include wife Hannah S. King, son William Rufus King, sister Eliza King Porter, and brother-in-law Seth Storer. Several copies of letters from Cyrus to Rufus and William King are also included. Hannah S. King's correspondents include brother Seth Storer, William King, and all of her children. Correspondence after Cyrus King's death in 1817 includes discussion of the settlement of his estate, two descriptions of his sickness, treatment, and death by his wife, and general family correspondence between his wife and children. One folder of family papers contains accounts, recipes for cupcakes, lemonade, etc., notes, and miscellaneous.

Cyrus King papers include professional papers and correspondence, speeches, and essays/compositions. Professional papers and correspondence, 1796-1816, span Cyrus King's employment as private secretary by his brother Rufus when he served as minister to England, his career as an attorney in Saco, Maine, and his two terms in Congress. One folder of speeches, 1797-1816, includes orations on subjects such as the invasion of Canada, party politics, and the conscription of minors. Five folders of school compositions and essays, 1791-1793 (mostly undated), touch on many subjects including human nature, education, philosophy and political science.

For Cyrus King family correspondence, which contains several letters to him regarding professional and political matters including the Jay Treaty, see King family correspondence.

Hale family correspondence contains general Hale family correspondence, Benjamin Hale family correspondence, Benjamin and Mary Caroline Hale correspondence with Malcolm and Sarah Hale Douglass, and Sarah E. Hale (Douglass) correspondence.

General Hale family correspondence contains letters between family members other than Benjamin Hale, the majority of which are from Sarah (Sally) Hale (sister of Benjamin Hale) to her brother Moses, as well as siblings Josiah, Alice, and Moses' wife Mary. Also included are letters to Moses from his grandfather Josiah Little, his father Thomas Hale, his brother Josiah, and brother-in-law John C. March; and from Olive Ward to Hannah Heywood.

Benjamin Hale family correspondence primarily consists of letters to his brothers Moses, Josiah, Thomas, and Ebenezer, as well as his father Thomas, and his mother Mary L. Hale. Benjamin Hale's letters from 1836 document his trip to St. Croix.

There is one folder of correspondence between Benjamin Hale, his wife Mary Caroline Hale, their daughter Sarah Elizabeth Hale Douglass, and her husband Malcolm Douglass.

One folder of Sarah Elizabeth Hale (Douglass) correspondence includes letters from her aunts Hannah Heywood, Mary Hale, and Elizabeth King, uncle Thomas Hale, cousins Olive King Ward and Octavia and Anne Bridge, and her brothers Josiah and Benjamin Hale, Jr. For additional Sarah Hale Douglass correspondence, see Douglass family correspondence.

Benjamin Hale correspondence includes letters from R.H. Gardiner, letters to the Rev. Kendrick Metcalf, and letters to the Rev. W.H.A. Bissell. The letters from R.H. Gardner frequently discuss the Gardiner Lyceum. Benjamin Hale's letters to the Rev. Kendrick Metcalf and the Rev. W.H.A. Bissell discuss family matters, contemporary events, and church business. For additional W.H. Bissell correspondence, see Malcolm Douglass pastoral correspondence.

Benjamin Hale papers include a list of Benjamin Hale letters, including notes on subject matter, lecture and sermon notes, a catalog of math and natural science books, and a folder of printed memorials.

See also Douglass family correspondence for letters concerning the publication of Benjamin Hale's sermons.

Douglass family correspondence contains Malcolm Douglass-Sarah Douglass correspondence, letters concerning the publication of Benjamin Hale's sermons, and letters regarding the sale of the Douglass house in Northfield, Vermont. The letters between Malcolm and Sarah Douglass document family matters, their moves between New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and their travels, and contain several poems written to Sarah by Malcolm. The majority of family correspondence is letters to and from Malcolm Douglass, but also includes correspondence among other family members. Correspondents include Douglass' mother Ann, his siblings Andrew, Henry, Charles, Emily, Ellen, and Mary, and brothers-in-law Sidney Wilbur, W.O. Jarvis, Josiah L. Hale, Thomas Hale, and Benjamin Hale, Jr. Letters from June 1887 document Malcolm Douglass' trip to England.

For additional Sarah Hale Douglass correspondence, see Hale family correspondence.

Malcolm Douglass' professional correspondence includes calls to various parishes, pastoral correspondence, correspondence with Bishops Carleton Chase and W.H. de Lancey, and Norwich University correspondence.

Douglass received many letters from parishes calling for his pastoral services on permanent or temporary bases. His pastoral correspondence contains letters to and from members of his congregations at Trinity Church, Seneca Falls, N.Y., Christ Church, Albion, N.Y. and St. Paul's Church, Waterloo, N.Y., requesting advice, giving thanks, and discussing matters of faith, as well as church business.

From 1853-1854, Douglass corresponded with Mrs. H.M. Ellsworth and members of her family regarding her surprise decision to leave the Episcopal Church and be baptized in the Baptist faith. He exchanged letters with Hannah Peck, 1863-1834, a woman who had taken an interest in William Barnes, a man executed in 1864 for the murder of his wife. Douglass and Peck discuss legal options and Barnes' spiritual preparations.

Pastoral correspondence for the first half of 1868 concerns the election of W.H.A. Bissell as the Bishop of Vermont. Douglass' correspondence with the Bishops de Lancey and Chase contains discussion of church business in the diocese of Western New York and New Hampshire, respectively. The Bishop Chase correspondence specifically relates to the parish at Cornish, N.H. Douglass' Norwich University correspondence contains official and unofficial letters concerning his appointment and resignation, the financial situation of the school, and other administrative concerns. Norwich University correspondence also includes several letters from Tiffany & Co., 1872 (Apr.- July), regarding school medals. Two pencil sketches of medals, one gold and one silver, are contained in the correspondence with a letter of 18 Apr. 1872.

Malcolm Douglass' papers include two Decoration Day addresses, and records from Douglass' tenures as the superintendent of the Sunday school of the Church of the Epiphany, New York, and the St. Paul's Parish school, Waterloo, N.Y.

Malcolm Douglass papers also include one folder of printed materials, containing clippings and diocese circulars, and one folder of printed Sunday school materials from Malcolm Douglass' brother, the Rev. Charles E. Douglass, who was a minister in England.

Norwich University records include various manuscript and printed materials, most of which relate to Malcolm Douglass' tenure as president. The records include student records, appeals for degrees from former students, curriculum materials, correspondence and other papers concerning the University's appeal for financial help from the state of Vermont in 1872, records of a suit brought against the school by James Batchelder for unpaid wages, diplomas, newspaper clippings, printed circulars and pamphlets, commencement materials, copies of The University Reveille (the school newspaper), and miscellaneous printed materials.