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The George Coles collection contains 23 items written to the Methodist minister by acquaintances throughout the state of New York. Many of his correspondents discussed religious life in New York between 1821 and 1851.

The George Coles collection contains 23 items written to the Methodist minister by acquaintances throughout the state of New York in the early 1800s. Most of his correspondents offered updates on their daily lives and acquaintances and requested news of his family, and some wished him luck in his clerical career. Others commented on their financial affairs. One correspondent, I. Holdich, wrote about a copyright dispute (February 15, 1840), and another, John Wilson, described the trial of a lawsuit in which he was involved (February 4, 1851Several letters concern the state of the Christian religion and Methodist communities throughout the region, including a pair of 1833 letters about a visiting English minister, George Marsden. Others pertain more directly to religious topics, such as prayer, or contain opinions about the church. For example, Alexander Farrill of Rochester, New York, complained about local Methodist preachers, whom he believed did "not even aim to be Methodist Men" (October 27, 1842), and H. Humphreys shared his thoughts on the area around Hudson, New York, which he believed to be too full of atheists and Quakers to allow for the flourishing of Methodism (January 24, 1849). Additionally, the collection holds one letter written to the editors of the Christian Advocate & Journal, in which Joseph Emes offered a memorial of Eliza Pelton of Middlefield, Massachusetts (April 21, 1838).

This collection is made up of correspondence related to the McClintock family of New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John McClintock corresponded with his family about his life in New York City in the 1820s, and later wrote about his life in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a professor at Dickinson College. Other family members discussed social and family news, including the situation of a brother who was incarcerated for insanity.

The McClintock family collection (114 items) contains correspondence related to the McClintock family of New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John McClintock corresponded with his family about his life in New York City in the 1820s, and later wrote about his life in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a professor at Dickinson College. Other family members discussed social and family news.

The Correspondence series (107 items) contains letters that John McClintock, Jr., wrote to his parents and his sister Jane from 1829-1845, as well as additional family letters dated until 1850. McClintock's letters pertain to his life in New York City (1829-1835) and Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1837-1845). In his earlier letters, he commented on religious matters, his attendance at Methodist services, and his other social activities. He inquired about his father's success selling books, and provided updates about his health and finances. The collection also contains two letters that McClintock received during this period.

McClintock's later letters concern his life in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a professor at Dickinson College. He often discussed the health of his wife, his children, and other relatives. The remaining letters relate to other members of the McClintock family; a few relate to the family of Carolina Augusta Wakeman, John McClintock, Jr.'s first wife. The series includes correspondence between McClintock's sisters, Martha, Margaret, and Jane McClintock; 3 letters from Martha McMackin McClintock; and a letter from McClintock's brother, James McClintock, which concerns their brother Robert's incarceration for insanity and other familial misfortunes (March 22, 1842). In a letter to Jane McClintock, a family member commented on the military presence in Philadelphia in the aftermath of the Nativist riots of 1844. (July 15, 1844).

The Documents, Ephemera, and Miscellaneous series (7 items) contains invitations to the funerals of Rebecca McMackin and Martha McClintock (3 items); a manuscript obituary for Martha McClintock, focusing on her religious life; an affidavit signed by Benjamin Broughton of Bradford, England, and by Emory McClintock during the latter's consular service; a biographical sketch of Rebecca McMackin; and a lock of Emory McClintock's hair, with a partially completed needlepoint design.