This legal brief is a brief for the appellant in 1849 McDonald v. McGuire suit over slave ownership.

Thomas Weiss is an emeritus professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Kansas. His research primarily deals with 19th century American labor and economic history. This collection contains research materials and some course materials.

This collection is a single 8-page manuscript by "An American" commentating on John Brown, his activities preparatory to the raid on the armory at Harper's Ferry, and Franklin B. Sanborn's part in Brown's plans. This article does not seem to be complete.

These papers may have been written by E. H. Sears, according to accession notes, but his death date appears to conflict with the manuscript dates. The papers were among some newspapers initialled E. H. Sears given by James C. Malin.