Letter from William Dana,

One letter requesting assistance with a claim against the Brazilian government relating to the condemned schooner Joseph Meade.

Letters from John Murray Forbes to William Tudor,

Five letters relaying news of the Decembrist revolution and Buenos Aires Governor Manuel Dorrego’s execution, as well as developments in other Argentinean provinces. Forbes also writes about a personal conflict with Commodore James Creighton, and requests Tudor’s assistance in intervening on behalf of American citizens.