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This collection contains 7 letters related to members of the Currier family of Freeport, Maine, and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Sally Currier, Ann Currier, and Sarah Ann Currier received letters from family members and friends regarding news from Freeport and Bangor, Maine, as well as news of student life at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

This collection contains 7 letters related to members of the Currier family of Freeport, Maine, and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Sally Currier received the first letter from her sister-in-law, Polly Collins of South Hampton, New Hampshire, who sent condolences on the death of Currier's husband (May 10, 1819). Sarah Ann Currier of Amesbury, Massachusetts, received 5 letters from cousins and acquaintances, who wrote about their daily lives in Maine and shared family news. J. Follansbee addressed one letter to Sarah Ann, care of Joseph Follansbee of Washington, D. C., and described his life at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (January 9, 1843). Anne M. Dunn sent Currier a copy of a letter written by Joshua Follansbee to Dr. Daniel and Martha Sewall concerning the death of his "dear Louisa," including a description of her final illness (February 3, 1844). Mary A. Cushing of Freeport, Maine, wrote of local schools in an undated letter. One additional letter to Ann Currier, then living with Sarah Soule of Amesbury, contains updates on family and friends in Freeport (December 31, 1840).

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.