Most letters in the series are from members of the Rutherfurd family. For the most part, the letters concern themselves with family and social matters, including the writer's health, news about people that members of the family have visited, and occasionally relations with servants. Intermittently, correspondents make observations about politics. Lewis Morris Rutherfurd writes in November 1865 about the statewide elections in New Jersey ("that last! last! ditch of the rebellion"), and the victory of the Union Party there. A year later, commenting on the congressional elections, he criticizes President Johnson ( "a common street brawler").

Other correspondents include St. Clare Byrne, naval architect, regarding the design of Arcturus, S. B. Jameson, manager of the family's New Jersey estate, Tranquillity (sic). Rutherfurd Stuyvesant's attorneys, Morris, Sentell & Main, of New York City frequently wrote to him about the state of his business ventures and real estate holdings. Bashford Dean of the Metropolitan Museum of Art corresponded with Rutherfurd Stuyvesant about antique arms and armor.

There is no material in this subseries dated prior to 1865. Most of the items dated 1866-1867 are from hotels and businesses in Europe, including some receipts for the purchase of art. Much of the material consists of bills for household items such as coal or ice, and receipts for building supplies. Some of the building supplies appear to have been used on rental properties. Approximately half of the material in this subseries dates from the period 1895-1905, and consists of accounts from the Tranquillity Farms estate, or accounts concerning Rutherfurd Stuyvesant's rental properties in New York City.

One contract (in French), which appears to concern the purchase of a piece of art; a release by Rutherfurd Stuyvesant to the New York Life Insurance Co.; a contract to lay a cranberry bog on a farm (presumably Tranquillity).

Rutherfurd Stuyvesant vs. Richard O'Brien; suit over land in NYC. The items appear to be a State of Case and a summons.

Many of these letters are undated, and many are addressed to "Mamie". Most of the content of the letters concerns family and social affairs. Frequent correspondents are Louisa Morris Rutherfurd (1859-1892) ("Loulou"), Margaret Rutherfurd White ("Daisy"), Margaret Chanler Rutherfurd, Ellen Pierrepont, and Henry Pierrepont.

Some of the letters are addressed "Dear Sisters." The letters are addressed from New York, and are presumably to the family of Lewis Morris Rutherfurd.

Most of the material in this subseries (one folder) is from a European tour taken by Rutherfurd Stuyvesant and Mary Pierrepont Stuyvesant in 1867. Most of the material is in French.

Principal correspondents include Nicholas William Stuyvesant, Miles Cooper, Henry White, and John Leech. Much of the material has to do with Nicholas William Stuyvesant's stay in Scotland to pursue his education. In addition to news of Nicholas' progress and activities, Miles Cooper writes about events and attitudes in Great Britain during the closing years of the Revolution. Two bound volumes record accounts of Peter (Petrus) Stuyvesant's estate.

Includes material pertaining to household items, house repairs (some perhaps on rental properties), and taxes. Material relating to business ventures itemizes costs of commodities like rum, pepper, and tea.

Material after 1801 deals with the Estate of Peter Stuyvesant.

Material consists of deeds, contracts, award of arbitrators.

Material from two suits: Two receipts from the case of Stephen Sayre vs. Peter Stuyvesant and Daniel Ludlow (1795) and a bill of costs from the case of Daniel Ludlow vs. Peter Stuyvesant (1805).

Correspondents include Peter Augustus Jay, John Rutherfurd, and James Ewing. One letter of Peter Augustus Jay, from London in 1794, refers to the war in Europe, and makes a passing reference to the "insurgents" in the United States, presumably the Whiskey Rebellion insurgents. Many of the letters are from missionaries or clergymen, thanking Peter Gerard Stuyvesant for his support or patronage. These include John Westlake, B.B. Smith, and Joseph Wolff.

Most of the material in this subseries consists of items concerning business matters, especially Peter Gerard Stuyvesant's property holdings in New York City, and his charitable giving.

This subseries consists of bonds of various persons to Peter Gerard Stuyvesant, and leases. Most of this material relates to Peter Gerard Stuyvesant's properties in Manhattan. The Stuyvesant Institute is also a party to some on the agreements.

Correspondents include members of the Rutherfurd family, Helena Rutherfurd Stuyvesant's husband, Peter Gerard Stuyvesant, and Archibald Russell. Subjects include, in addition to family matters, social events, an 1849 scandal in the Episcopal Church, Catholicism in the U.S., and European perceptions of Americans. Most of the material from the late 1860's is from Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, describing a European tour.

One receipt, for fruit.

Most of the letters in this subseries are from Matilde Stuyvesant's two sons, Alain and Lewis R. ("Stuyve"). The letters concern the boys' studies and activities at school. Herbert H. Hawkins, who appears to have been the headmaster of one school the boys attended, Ecole de L'Ile de France, occasionally writes regarding the boys' academic progress. A form letter from the Ecole de L'Ile de France, dated September 1914, informs parents that the area of Liancourt, where the school was located, has been occupied by the Germans.

Postcards from her sons, while the boys were on vacation.

Letters, some in French, addressed to "Madame" or to "Elisabeth." These letters are probably to Matilde Stuyvesant. Mrs. Stuyvesant's middle name was Elisabeth, and no other person of that name appears in the collection contemporary with these letters.

For clothes and household items, including two from Tiffany's.

Probably to Matilde Stuyvesant, who was the only "Mrs. Stuyvesant" in 1931.

Subseries consists of clippings about Mrs. Stuyvesant's appearances at the opera, theater, etc.

Three letters, all from William Samuel Johnson of London. The letters deal with business affairs, with some personal content. In his letter dated July 10, 1767, Johnson discusses British reaction to American protests over the Stamp Act.

Most of the material deals with the Estate of Nicholas William Stuyvesant. A receipt book, dated 1752-1753, includes entries for goods purchased, rents collected, and money collected apparently on behalf of other persons.

Bonds, leases, conveyances, including a conveyance of a slave named Francisco from Henry Law to Nicholas William Stuyvesant in 1758.

One letter, from F.C. Mead. Mead briefly recounts his travels in India and Burma.

Most of the letters are from well-wishers congratulating Lewis Rutherfurd Stuyvesant on his marriage, in 1925, to Rosalie Pillot. One letter, from [Sampuram Singh], describes a hunting incident involving a person identified as H.H.

Letter from well-wishers on her wedding, letters from her father, P. Stuyvesant Pillot, convey news about her family and New York society.

One letter, August 21, 1776, from John Morin Scott. Scott answers Gerardus Stuyvesant's complaint that he has been driven from his house by the army, and has been forced to sleep in a barn.

Primarily leases for properties in Albany County and New York City.

To Abraham van Vlect for "sundry medicins" (sic).

Includes Hamilton Fish writing to Peter Gerard Stuyvesant regarding the lawsuit of Theodosius G. Fowler et al. vs. Isaac Green Pearson et al.

Most of the material concerns interest on bonds. An account book kept by Peter Gerard Stuyvesant from 1840 to 1842 records amounts received and paid to various persons.

Mostly bonds and deeds. An 1835 deed from Issac Green Pearson and others includes a survey map of the area of New York City where the Stuyvesant Institute was located.

Assorted papers concerning the case of Theodosius G. Fowler et al. vs. Isaac Green Pearson et al. There are no motions or pleas, or material pertaining to the arguments in or character of the case.

Document tracing the ownership of land on which the Stuyvesant Institute stood, or in the vicinity of the Stuyvesant Institute.

Most of the letters are from members of Lewis Morris Rutherfurd's immediate family, many from Lewis Morris Rutherfurd's son, Rutherfurd Stuyvesant. Subjects addressed by Rutherfurd Stuyvesant include his interest in yachting, his travels to Europe, his hunting trips to the western territories of the U.S. in the mid-1880's, his business interests (in which his father may have been involved), and occasionally politics.

Persons who corresponded with Lewis Morris Rutherfurd regarding his work as an astronomer include G.B. Airy of the Royal Observatory in 1875, W.R. Pickering of Harvard in 1888, and J.K. Rees of Columbia University in 1890.

Primarily for household items, groceries, clothing, etc. Includes freight receipts from the Hudson & Lehigh RR for freight shipped to and from the family's New Jersey estate, Tranquillity.

Letters Testamentary naming Lewis Morris Rutherfurd executor of John W. Chanler.

There is little material in this subseries dating from before 1871, and very little material from the years 1874-1884. Most of the correspondence is from Margaret Chanler Rutherfurd, husband, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, and from her children, particularly Rutherfurd Stuyvesant and Margaret Rutherfurd White.

Subjects include Lewis Morris Rutherfurd's account of a trip to Great Britain in 1871, including his observations on ladies' fashions of the day. During her European tour with her husband in 1873, Margaret Chanler Rutherfurd received numerous letters, particularly from Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, concerning family and social affairs in New York. In the summer of 1884, he writes to her about his experiences on a hunting trip to Montana and Wyoming. Letters from her daughter Margaret Rutherfurd White in 1890 describe social events and the Whites' acquaintance with prominent persons in London.

Some of the undated letters appear to have been written when Margaret Chanler Rutherfurd was caring for the children's dying grandmother, apparently Margaret Chanler Rutherfurd's own mother. Other letters appear to have been written to her adult children as they traveled as a party in Europe.

From business in Europe and New York, for household such as silverware, rugs, lamps, items, fabrics, etc. Some receipts are for her contributions to charities, such as the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children.

The most frequent correspondents are Margaret Rutherfurd White and Louisa M. Rutherfurd's friend "Mattie", probably Matilda Amelia Barreda. For the most part, Margaret Rutherfurd White addressed Louisa M. Rutherfurd as "Poodle". "Mattie" addressed her as "Duckie." Usually, correspondents (including, on occasion, Margaret Rutherfurd White) addressed Louisa M. Rutherfurd as "Loulou."

Subjects are primarily social and family news. Matilda Amelia Barreda's letters include several from San Francisco in 1878-1879, wherein she writes about her homesickness and the manners of the nouveaux riches of that city. Margaret Rutherfurd White writes frequently from Europe, where her husband served as a diplomat. She writes about society and her experiences in France and Great Britain. She frequently mentions prominent persons she has met, for example, in 1878, Secretary for Ireland (later Prime Minister) Arthur Balfour. In 1890, she writes from Windsor Castle describing a dinner with Queen Victoria which she and her husband, Henry White, attended on December of that year.

Most of the correspondence is from Margaret Rutherfurd White's sister-in-law, Margaret Rutherfurd Stuyvesant. Other correspondents include Margaret Rutherfurd White's mother, Margaret Chanler Rutherfurd, and her cousin, Mary E. Pierrepont. Content mainly deals with family and social matters, including Louisa M. Rutherfurd's illness and confinement to a sanatorium in the early 1890's.

Most of the material is from the Army and Navy Cooperative Society, Ltd., London, from which Mrs. White purchased items such as furniture and drapery.