Correspondence and legal papers of Nathan G. Howard, a lawyer of Ellsworth, Maine; Lawrenceburgh, Ind.; and Warrenton, Vicksburg, Brandon, and Jackson, Miss. The papers indicate that Howard left Maine in 1825 and went to New York, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Cincinnati, Ohio; and reached Lawrenceburgh, Ind., late in 1825 or early in 1826. In 1828 he arrived at Warrenton and on January 31 was licensed by Judge Edward Turner to practice law in Mississippi. He was preceded to the state by his brother, William R. Howard, who settled at Fayette. After two or three years in Warren County, Nathan G. Howard moved to Brandon and in 1833 to Jackson. He was a member from Rankin County of the Constitutional Convention of 1832.

Letters in the collection written late in 1833 after his death and in 1838 and 1839 are of his nephews, B. D. and Volney E. Howard. The collection contains letters of Felix Huston (January 15 and 24, February 9 and 21, 1833), Franklin E. Plummer (May 11, 1831), John A. Quitman (January 14 and February 28, 1833), and William D. Williamson, governor of Maine in 1821 and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the term 1821–1823 (July 7, November 4, December 7 and 17, 1820; July 30, October 29, December 27, 1821; January 15, February 23, March 19 and 30, May 6, 1822).

These papers are distributed by dates as follows:

• n.d., 19 pieces
• 1820–1829, 208 pieces
• 1830–1833, 116 pieces
• 1838–1839,10 pieces