Various bills related to the Houstaters including a receipt for the transport of Henry's Houstater's body as well as an itemized bill for his funerary expenses.

Several bond documents related to the Houstater family including Harriet Houstater's own Bond paperwork.

Documents related to lands owned by the Houstaters (Jacob Houstater and Martin Wolfe).

Mortgages for the Houstaters and receipts of payment. Includes Jacob Houstater and Harriet Houstater as well as families related to the Houstaters.

City documents regarding the Houstater's taxes. Many tax receipts from Jacob Houstater's property are included dated 1842-1888.

Contains several wills of family members Jacob Houstater, Chauncey Keep, Frances E. Lord and Genevieve Pike. Some are official legal documents and one is handwritten.

Letters, telegrams and postal cards from Henry Houstater at Camp Barry to his family and letters to him during the Civil War are included. The telegram with the news of Henry's death to the family is available. Harriet Houstater also wrote a love letter entitled "What Hattie Thinks of Billy."

Contains the envelopes that held the letters contained in this collection.