These papers contain seven letters to his wife (1808-1833), a fragment of autobiography on his painting and studies, a notebook containing copies of correspondence about his portrait of Washington, John Godman's Ode suggested by Rembrandt Peale's National Portrait of Washington (1824), and a commonplace book containing kitchen and medicinal recipes.

These papers include two pages by Rubens Peale concerning landscapes, a notebook by Rembrandt Peale relating to the portrait of Washington, and a commonplace and recipe book, with sketches of gas lights.

This collection contains color slides of drawings and watercolors on vellum made by Lesueur in 1799, when he accompanied Baudin and Francois Péron on their scientific expedition to Australia. The microfilm is of Lesueur's American sketchbooks.