Letter from William Lattimore to James Lea dated New Orleans, March 24, 1820, and a printed circular letter from William Lattimore to "Fellow Citizens" of the Mississippi Territory, dated Washington City, March 1, 1815, and dealing with lands and land claims in the Territory. The remainder of the collection consists of land grants, a map showing a grant of land to James Lea in the Western District of North Carolina, dated March 18, 1791, a still permit, and two letters from Luke Lea to his brother James Lea, Natchez, Mississippi Territory, dated respectively, Knoxville, December 11, 1809 and July 22, 1811; printed circular from John Kerr to "Fellow Citizens" of the Mississippi Territory, dated Washington City, February 22, 1815. Also included are 4 items of the Roddy family, including letters and land grants.