Subseries A. Joseph Orne contains the papers of Joseph Orne. His correspondence includes letters from Harvard University classmates Willliam Henry Moulton, Stevens Everett, and John G Palfrey. The folder of receipts (box nine, folder four) documents the expenses of outfitting their first house at the time of their marriage in 1817. Also included are receipts listing books purchased from Reverend John Prince's estate for Orne's extensive library. The folder of writings contains copies of lectures, essays, poems, eulogies, and two notebooks of Biblical explications.