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Letters and documents relating to the financial affairs of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Addressed to Sir Robert Clayton, the letters and documents are from Edward Christian, Edward Bellamy, Anne Berington, Robert Chapman, the Marquis of Halifax, William Hardwick, John Morris, Thomas Redshawe, and Tobye Thurscros. They relate to mortgages, and lands and manors in Burton, Helmsley, and Burleigh, and mention Thomas Browne, Sir Thomas Hartopp, Lord Byron, Lord Belasyse, the Duke of Albemarle, and Lord Rutland.

Letters and documents, the majority written between 1700 and 1900, dealing with both personal and corporate business and financial matters, assembled by Montgomery. The letters are chiefly by American and English writers. Many of the American letters are to and from various United States Treasury officials, usually the Secretary of the Treasury. Of the 107 letters by Joseph Anderson (1757-1835), U.S. Senator and jurist, the majority are written to Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) when he was Comptroller of the United States and Collector of the Port of New York. Most of the documents are American with New York City firms predominating.