Invitation from Thomas Jefferson to William Eustis to dine on Friday, 21 Oct. 1803. Printed document completed in manuscript.

Letter from Elbridge Gerry (Cambridge, Mass.) wishing William Eustis (Washington, D.C.) luck in the U.S. House debate on the Louisiana Purchase and asking for information about land in Ohio.

Letter from James Sullivan (Boston, Mass.) to William Eustis (Washington, D.C.) recommending General [William] Hull for an appointment in Louisiana and discussing the advantages of appointing a New Englander.

Letter from James Monroe (London, England) to William Eustis introducing the bearer, Mr. Barnard, and discussing negotiations for the Monroe-Pinkney Treaty.

Letter from Henry Dearborn (Washington, D.C.) to William Eustis about the appointment of [Lemuel] Trescott [as collector at Machias, Me.] and the escape and recapture of Aaron Burr in February 1807.

Letter from John Quincy Adams (Washington, D.C.) to William Eustis about Adams's break with the Federalist Party and support of Thomas Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807, the reasons for his decision, and articles in the newspapers related to the embargo.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson (Washington, D.C.) thanking William Eustis (Boston, Mass.) for resolutions of Republican citizens of Boston in support of the Embargo Act of 1807 and discussing reasons for the embargo, including violations of U.S. neutrality by England and France, as well as misinformation about the policy.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson (Monticello, Va.) to William Eustis forwarding a solicitation from a poor man, congratulating Eustis on his appointment as secretary of war, and criticizing Federalists in the North threatening to secede.

Letter from James Madison (Montpelier, Va.) to William Eustis about the nation's armories and fortifications and a possible visit by Osage and Choctaw chiefs.

Letter from James Madison (Montpelier, Va.) to William Eustis (Washington, D.C.) about justifications for the imprisonment of Native Americans as hostages, the capture of Fort Wayne, a possible expedition against Upper Canada, and the reputation of William Hull after the surrender of Fort Detroit.

Letter from Paul Hamilton (Washington, D.C.) to William Eustis (Boston, Mass.) about Eustis's retirement, Hamilton's appointment as commissioner of loans for South Carolina, Russian mediation to end the War of 1812, and the possible appointment of Albert Gallatin as negotiator.

Letter from Caroline (Langdon) Eustis (the Hague, the Netherlands) to Dolley Madison about an invitation to attend the coronation [of William I] at Brussels, Belgium.

Letter from Dolley Madison [Washington, D.C.] to Caroline (Langdon) Eustis about Madison's responsibilities as First Lady, her life in Washington, D.C., and mutual friends.

Letter from James Monroe (Virginia) to William Eustis about Paris, the Marquis de Lafayette, trade with the Netherlands, Col. [James] Morrison of Kentucky, and news of family and friends.

Letter from the Marquis de Lafayette (La Grange, France) to William Eustis (Brussels, Belgium) about Lafayette's interest in the U.S., an attack on an American ship [possibly the Firebrand] by a Spanish squadron, other international news, and debates in France's Chamber of Deputies.

Letter from John Quincy Adams (Quincy, Mass.) to William Eustis (Roxbury, Mass.) declining an invitation to the theater in order to stay with his father John Adams and promising to visit Eustis before returning to Washington.