"Chiefly ... loose papers and a few volumes relating to such subjects as foreign, naval, and fiscal affairs, papers relating to specific States, and papers kept by the Office of the Secretary of Congress. Among them are originals and copies of despatches and letters (including some letters from Louis XVI), reports of the Marine Committee, the Marine Committee Letter Book, bonds, receipts, deeds of cession of Western Lands, credentials of Delegates to the Continental Congress, and broadsides issued by the Congress."--Introduction