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Photostat copies of letters and documents relating to the appointment of Foresti as United States Consul at Genoa, to which the Sardinian government objected due to his activities in the struggle for the unification of Italy. Most of the correspondence is from Secretaries of State William L. Marcy and Lewis Cass to various foreign service officers (John B. Costa, John Moncure Daniel, Michael Guelfi, A. Herbemont) at the Genoa Consulate and in the Turin Legation. There are also some letters from Italian officials.

Papers of White, including a box of minutes of the daily meetings of the Commissioners Plenipotentiary. In addition there are three boxes of correspondence, including many letters from White to his colleagues and to his family, as well as letters to White from various eminent men; two boxes of notes and copies of letters; a diary and an account book of White; and a diary of Margaret S.R. (Mrs. Henry) White.