The collection consists of an indexed letter book of Hugh A. Haralson and correspondence addressing personal and professional topics. Author name and corresponding page number arrange the letter book index alphabetically. The collection documents issues concerning the average Southern citizen during the antebellum years. Some issues discussed include agriculture in Coweta County, Georgia, pension laws, states’ rights, land claims, Indian affairs, legislation, land grants and sales, slavery, railroads, 1836 Creek Indian War, and congressional districts. Clay’s Compromise, the Committee of 13, the Nashville Convention of 1850, Millard Fillmore, and the Wilmot Proviso are some of the more relevant issues discussed in several letters. The cultivation and sale of cotton and the weather, as it related to agricultural matters, are also common themes.