Series II: Legal, 1772-1829, undated, inclusive

Subseries A contains materials from U.S. v. Smith and Ogden. This case concerned William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden's alleged involvement with the Miranda Affair, which would have been a violation of the Neutrality Act of 1794. The Act provided that no American should start war against a country the United States was at peace with. There are official documents from the case as well as handwritten notes. Of particular note are the letters from attorneys stating that Secretary of State James Madison and Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith would not testify in the case.

Subseries B contains a variety of official materials. There are affidavits from cases heard from 1807-1810. Of note among these affidavits are several pertaining to the illegal importation of slaves including affidavits from William L. Lawrence and Anthony Anthe, both dated March 15, 1810 and Isaac Sherman's dated March 17, 1810. There are a variety of other official documents from the court, though none of them have a number close to that of the affidavits. Two cases have been given their own files because of the amount of documentation: William Jackson et al. v. Ship Frederick and U.S. v. Aquila Giles, Nicholas Fish, and Matthew Clarkson, in which the defendants were known Revolutionary War heroes.

Subseries C consists of handwritten notes. There are some notes on administrative or financial matters, but the bulk of this subseries is made up of handwritten notes on cases before the court. Many of these cases were admiralty cases. As in the previous subseries, there is a certain amount of information from William Jackson et al. v. Ship Frederick and U.S. v. Aquila Giles, Nicholas Fish, and Matthew Clarkson and those cases are each given their own folder for notes.

Subseries D is very small and consists of personal legal instruments for the Tallmadge family property.