Seven notebooks bound together:

1) Book A contains notes from the Pittsburg [sic] Gazette, 1825, and other sources, both manuscript and printed, some dated as late as 1840, on miscellaneous topics. The contents include an account of Josiah Harmar's campaign (1790) by David H. Morris; biographical material on the Butler brothers, Richard and Thomas; a sketch of Isaac Shelby written by his son Alfred; copies of letters, 1779-1782, of Benjamin Biggs; and lists of general staff and field officers of the Army of the United States during the Revolution.

2) Book B contains notes on varied topics from three sources: letters and journals, 1748-1758, by and about Conrad Weiser and George Croghan copied from manuscripts in the American Philosophical Society; articles from the Philadelphia General Advertiser, 1792, concerning Arthur St. Clair's defeat (1791) and Samuel Brady's attack on a party of Delaware Indians near a blockhouse on Beaver Creek, Pennsylvania (1791); and selections from the Columbian Magazine, 1786-1791, concerning David Williamson's attack on the Moravian Indians (1782), William Crawford's defeat and death (1782), and John Sevier and the affairs of the State of Franklin.

3) Book C contains notes and articles from the Maryland Journal, 1791. The majority concern St. Clair's campaign and defeat, but there are briefer references to numerous other western persons such as Samuel Brady, Joseph Brant, Richard Butler, John Butterick, Cornplanter, Zachariah Cox, Josiah Harmar, John Harris, Red Jacket, and Adam Stephen.

4) Book D, containing extracts from the Maryland Journal, 1792-1793, includes additional articles on St. Clair's expedition as well as reports on widespread Indian threats and hostilities throughout the western frontiers.

5) Book E, containing extracts from the Maryland Journal, 1793-January, 1794, is concerned with Indian depredations, military preparations for an offensive drive by Anthony Wayne, John Sevier's Hightower campaign against the Cherokees, and George Rogers Clark's proposed expedition against New Orleans and the Spanish settlements in the Mississippi River Valley.

6) Book F, containing entries from the Maryland Journal, February-September, 1794, deals primarily with Wayne's campaign, Clark's projected foray against New Orleans; Kentucky demands for federal protection of the frontiers and enforcement of Mississippi navigation rights; Elijah Clarke's intrigues with the French to mount an expedition against the Spanish in East Florida; and British relations with Joseph Brant and the Six Nations.

7) Book G primarily contains selections from the Maryland Journal, August-December, 1794, with three items from other sources published in January, 1795. Most entries deal with subjects noted in Book F, but there are also articles concerning the Cherokee Indians and the Nickajack campaign.