This collection contains original material from the events surrounding the murder trial of Joseph White, including the indictment, names of the jurors, testimonies, the autopsy, newspaper accounts and letters to and from the principals.

The Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent Papers contain the judge's court notes in pamphlet-type notebooks and loose papers, letters, orders, Grand Jury charges, receipts, land surveys and related documents, verdicts, wills, accounts, and personal writings on the history of Haverhill and the American Revolution.