Letters (1844-1874) to Elizabeth Boswell Horne and Susan Boswell, from relatives and friends in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. Included are Civil War-era descriptions of dyeing cloth and weaving dimity, and letters (1871-1874) from a nephew, W. Emory Horne, attending East Alabama Male College, now Auburn University, who later emigrated to Texas.

Contains a letter, dated November 27, 1866, from Mr. C. Raiford to W. H. Larmar notifying him of his election to the Board of Trustees of the East Alabama Male College; Dr. Lamar's receipt for payment of tuition for his son and daughter and a relative, Robert Barnett, dated September, 1866, signed by, President J. F. Dowdell; and W. H. Lamar's Oath of Allegiance, dated August 26, 1865.