The manuscript material includes a draft of a letter from George W. Crawford to J. M. Berrien (4 July 1845); a copy of an 18th century document entitled "The memorial of the Principal Traders to the Creek and Cherokee Nations"; and a draft by Crawford of a narrative recounting the history of the claim, to 1848. There is also a Congressional broadside, "A Bill for the relief of Milledge Galphin . . . . (29 December 1847).