This collection contains letters (1801-1802) of Commodore Dale to William Bainbridge, Samuel Barron, William Eaton, David Humphreys, Rufus King, and to British, Algerian and Tripolitanian officials. There is also a miscellaneous collection of letters (1780-1845) of Charles Biddle, James Biddle, Mahlon Dickerson, John Paul Jones, John Y. Mason, Oliver H. Perry, Edward Preble, Benjamin Stoddert, Thomas Truxtun, and others. There is a journal by Dale on a voyage to Canton, 1787-1788.