Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten letters. These items were written by family members largely in Illinois and Indiana. The materials dear with family issues. One letter was sent from Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1869.

Handwritten and printed legal documents dated 1839 from Indiana. These items include three summonses, one affidavit, and one article of agreement.

Handwritten diary kept while Jacobs was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chicago, Illinois, and Indiana. Jacobs writes about his daily activities while serving a mission.

Handwritten and signed personal papers and legal documents. Included are letters, powers of attorney, promissory notes, and a bill of sale. The letters describe Tennant's travels in the United States and the West Indies. The legal documents mostly deal with the payment and transfer of money between Tennant and Ephraim C. Davidson and were written in Indiana.