This collection consists of a xerox copy of a diary attributed to Henry Moore, a Baltimore merchant. The diary covers the period 1807-1809, and records his trip from Baltimore to Knoxville, Tennesse to establish a business.

This collection contains correspondence to and from members of the Hicks family, 1833-1883. The primary correspondents include Captain Ratcliffe Hicks, his sons Charles R. Hicks and Alfred Hicks, his daughter Elizabeth Hicks Harding, and her husband, William Harding. The letters contain news on family and business affairs, chiefly news of sea trade.

108 photostats, each containing 2 pages of journal of Paul Bentalou, Baltimore merchant. Account of trades in general merchandise in North and South America, West Indies, Europe. Transactions are entered in full detail, narrative form. Occasional references to national and international politics, and to slave trade, immigration from South America, etc.