Includes two land leases, dated 1834 and 1835, allowing John and Samuel Townsend to mine iron ore and cut timber on the land of Auly Lore; a similar 1839 land lease with Isaac Walker; and an 1841 deed between John and Samuel Townsend and Samuel Williams signed by the mayor of New York City, Robert Morris (removed to SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)). Also includes a business agreement between John and Samuel Townsend and Martin W. Bates, several letters from Bates, and other documents, bills, and letters pertaining to real estate, financial, and business matters.

Includes letters, mostly from associates Israel Townsend and Martin W. Bates, regarding hauling and selling timber. Israel also discusses other business ventures, such as coal and whiskey. (For other letters from Israel Townsend, see Series III.)

Contains letters from Martin W. Bates and Israel Townsend. Also contains a letter from Thomas Janvier, President of the Farmers Bank in New Castle, Delaware, and a draft of Samuel Townsend's reply, both of which illustrate his confrontational personality. The correspondence relates to a dispute over an unpaid debt.

Includes letters from Martin W. Bates; accounts; orders for timber with sketches, including several from Vaughan & Lynn; a receipt for a subscription to the Blue Hen's Chicken; letters from William B. Hazell regarding real estate; and other business letters.

Includes a variety of letters and legal documents concerning unpaid accounts, taxes, timber purchases and orders, and other business matters.

Includes letters regarding timber orders, taxes, the purchase of the sloop Hannah Barrat, and the purchase of a farm from T. H. Bedloe. Includes a contract for Samuel Townsend's purchase of an indentured servant, "a certain coloured boy named Henry," for eight years. Also contains a jury summons, a letter from Edmund Townsend regarding business, and many other contracts and business letters.

Includes letters and receipts regarding taxes, banking, farming, railroads, unpaid accounts, the Convention of Peach Growers, and other matters related to peach farming. Also includes a letter to Samuel Townsend from a Mr. Smith regarding a dispute over an order of peaches and a draft of Samuel's angry reply. Also three letters from Judge George Purnell Fisher regarding the purchase of some peach trees and the use of railroads in shipping peaches.

Contains thirty letters from G. H. Dennis regarding the daily operations of Samuel Townsend's fruit orchard in Kingston, Maryland. Also contains letters and receipts from New York Merchants Hilliard & McMulkin regarding peach sales, and a few other business letters.

Includes receipts, accounts, and letters regarding furniture, railroads, banking, real estate, peach sales and farming, and other business matters. Also includes additional letters from G. H. Dennis regarding Samuel Townsend's orchard and documents related to the estate of John Townsend, who died circa 1876-77.

Miscellaneous business papers of John Townsend, possibly the son of Samuel Townsend. Also includes three unmatched envelopes to Townsend, one undated bill from John and Samuel Townsend to John Jester, one spring 1895 price list of the Camden and Wyoming Avenue Nurseries of Wyoming, Delaware, and an information sheet about the "Jackson apple."

Includes letters from S. G. Laws and others regarding local Democratic Party strategies, elections, and controversies; a letter from Martin W. Bates providing advice as Samuel Townsend seeks the office of Inspector of Revenue; and two drafts of letters to the Delaware Gazette from Samuel, asking for the names of two editorialists.

Includes correspondence between Samuel Townsend and William P. Chandler of the Delaware Gazette regarding conference delegations, elections, and articles for the Gazette. Also contains several letters, including one from Daniel M. Bates, regarding the signature of John Rice, a Whig candidate for Sheriff, on an antislavery petition.

Includes letters from Henry B. Fiddeman, [S. R.?] Paynter, Jesse Sharpe, George Read Riddle, William Hemphill Jones, William H. Ross, S. G. Laws, and others regarding Delaware legislation, elections, and politics.

Includes letters from Jesse Sharpe, William G. Whiteley, William P. Chandler, Albert O. Newton, James A. Bayard, and S. M. Harrington, Sr., regarding local politics, elections, conventions, legislation, and the railroad. Also includes a broadside by Samuel Townsend, entitled "To the Voters of Delaware," encouraging voters to not ratify the revised state constitution of 1853.

Includes letters from S. G. Laws and Elias S. Reed regarding the presidential election of 1860 and the Democratic convention. Also includes letters from John K. Jarvis, [Caleb S.] Layton, John H. Bewley, Gove Saulsbury, and others regarding local politics.

Includes letters from Elias S. Reed, Henry Ridgely, Thomas B. Bradford, Benjamin T. Biggs, George W. Smith, Gove Saulsbury, and others regarding local politics, railroads, Democratic conventions and meetings, Reconstruction, and other political matters. Also contains letters from [Joseph P.] Comegys and Henry Eckel, regarding the formation of the White Man's Party. Includes three letters from George Purnell Fisher on personal and political matters, a letter from Thomas F. Bayard thanking Samuel Townsend for peaches, and one letter from William Hemphill Jones regarding Israel Townsend. Also contains a letter asking for Samuel Townsend's assistance in getting an orphaned girl her father's Civil War pension.

Includes letters from Stiles Kennedy, William H. Ross, James Ponder, [George W.] Cummins, Jr., Elias S. Reed, R. Ferguson, Custis W. Wright, Albert O. Newton, and others about Delaware and national politics and the White Man's Party. Contains a draft of Samuel Townsend's reply to Newton and two letters between Samuel Townsend and S. N. Robbins of New York. Also includes a letter from the Middletown Transcript, requesting information about John Tilcox; a published announcement of political meetings; and two personal letters from W. G. Hopkins of Washington, D.C., seeking Samuel Townsend's help in finding information on a Mr. L. N. Graves.

Includes political and personal letters from James P. Hayes, George Gray, H. Todd, James Williams, Ignatius C. Grubb, William H. Ross, J. O'Byrne, John A. Jones, John W. Houston, John W. Hall, Eli Saulsbury, George H. Bates, Edward L. Martin, George W. Cummins, and others. Also includes a manuscript copy of "An act to divide Appoquinimink Hundred in two hundreds," 1875, and an announcement for a meeting on the proposed division. Also contains a letter to Mrs. [Ann Maria] Townsend from Helen B. [Newhouse].

Includes letters from Frederick O. Prince, [W. C. France], [S. Broadbery], and others. Also includes a draft of a letter from Samuel Townsend to the Herald, and a list of resolutions related to the state Democratic convention in Samuel Townsend's hand.

Contains a letter from Samuel Townsend's brother, Richard, to their father, Samuel Townsend (1781?-1849), regarding Richard's employment and ill health, 1830; three letters to Samuel Townsend from his cousin, [J. T.] Humphries, 1840-1849; nine letters to Samuel and John Townsend from Israel Townsend, 1861-1872, including an 1868 exchange in which John expresses his disgust that Israel, then living in Virginia, was nominated for political office by local blacks, a charge that Israel quickly denies; two letters to Samuel Townsend from his nephew William E. Hart, 1851 and 1865; a letter to Samuel Townsend's wife, Ann Maria, from her niece, Sarah R. Hart, 1862; a letter to Samuel Townsend from John Townsend sharing family news, 1863; a letter to Samuel Townsend from his nephew, James Townsend (possibly the son of Edmund), requesting financial help for his family, 1869; three letters, dated 1871 and 1876, from W. H. Townsend to his father (possibly John Townsend) from the Townsend orchard in Kingston; one letter to Samuel Townsend from his eldest son, Samuel, asking for advice on peach growing, 1878; a letter to Samuel Townsend from his grandson, Samuel, in New York regarding peach sales, 1879; and a letter to Samuel Townsend from his nephew, W. H. Townsend, 1880.

Contains twenty letters from Edmund Townsend to his brothers regarding business at home and describing his experiences in the 3rd regiment, Delaware infantry, stationed in Maryland and Virginia. Letters from 1862 mainly concern his duties as a quartermaster and business at home. Letters from 1863 relate to his clash with several officers, his subsequent arrest and legal troubles, and the hardships he and his family experienced as a result. By 1864, Edmund's regiment had moved into battle in Virginia. His letters describe the battle of Second Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg and the mine explosion there, the fighting at Globe Tavern and Weldon Railroad, and the battle of Boydton Plank Road. He also describes being arrested again while on leave, and writes of a trip to Wilmington, Delaware, for provisions. By the end of 1864 he is looking forward to being mustered out of the army. He writes to his brother in January of 1865 describing his final affairs in the army and relating news of his new farm in Maryland.

Also includes a letter to Samuel Townsend from Mordica Hendrex encamped at Yorktown, Virginia, 1863; a letter from J. M. Barr asking for Samuel Townsend's help in securing a military promotion, 1863; and a letter from Joseph Gibbs in McDougall Hospital, Fort Schuyler, 1865.

Contains a manuscript map of land purchased by Edward Tilghman from Daniel Hart, 1809 (removed to SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)); a list of legal judgments involving William Hart, 1821-1825; a letter from Pierson Hurd of New York to Peter D. Vroom of New Jersey discussing the Delaware peach industry, dated September 27, 1844; printed copy of "Defense of Americanism," a speech given by Augustus Sollers in the House of Representatives, circa 1854; Petition of William Lyon, requesting compensation for property taken from him during the Civil War, 1866; three letters to "Ella," one of which is from Katie Deakyne, dated 1877 and 1885; a letter sent from the Townsend House, in Townsend, Delaware, 1883; several letters regarding the genealogy of the Naudain family, 1884; a receipt and jury summons to Andrew J. Collins, 1888.