Series IV. Miscellaneous Papers consists of non-Lee family correspondence, legal, financial, and shipping papers ranging from 1680 until 1917. The bulk of the correspondence is of a personal nature including letters to Martha N. Very regarding her charity work in the 1860s, correspondence to Henry M. Brooks, and letters concerning genealogy. Among the legal papers is a 1780 deed for a share in the prizes of the privateer Phenex (Brigantine). Miscellaneous shipping papers contain a ship and cargo listing of "Exports of America, 1804," an undated extract from the journal of the Persia (Ship), and miscellaneous invoices and memorandums. Miscellaneous papers include memorandums and drawings for a house in Northfield, and passports of Edward C. Wilson.