Lt. Col. Samuel Blangden has obtained clothing and Col. Elisha Sheldon is looking for horses; Gen Casimir Pulaski has authorized recruiting, but no money has been sent; Capt. Ezekial Belden has reported on recruiting in Connecticut; complications paying for breeches; lack of money and supplies; question re: discharge of dragoons providing they find substitutes.

Reports on state of his detachment; Capt. Epaphras Bull's troop in good condition, but Capt. Thomas Seymour's is not; need for arms, money, and supplies; Tallmadge is distressed to hear that Washington is displeased with him; has purchased horses on credit and asks Green for money.

Series 2, arranged by type of material, consists of Tallmadge's legal documents. The majority of the papers concern land transactions, while others pertain to his store, Benjamin Tallmadge & Co., and to other financial investments. Also included in this series are bills of sale of enslaved people.

Series 3, arranged by type of material, consists of Tallmadge's financial papers: accounts, account books, letterbooks, bills, and receipts.

Contains receipts related to the sale of shares in the privateering brig Middletown.

Series 5 consists of the papers of Benjamin Tallmadge's son, Frederick Augustus Tallmadge. Many of the letters concern Frederick Tallmadge's publication of his father's memoirs. Others record, and express appreciation for, Tallmadge's public service in New York and in Congress.

The first subseries, Tallmadge's correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The second subseries, Tallmadge's miscellaneous papers, are arranged in chronological order.

Admitting Frederick A. Tallmadge to attorney and counselor of the United States Supreme Court.

Two letters, from Benjamin Tallmadge to George Washington. Discusses Colonel Elisha Sheldon's contract with Mr. Estey of Massachusetts to purchase leather breeches for the regiment; asks whether dragoons whose families suffer by means of their absence may be dismissed from service; and reports on the condition of the troops and laments their lack of supplies and cash.

The Mary Floyd Tallmadge cookbook collection (1940-39-0) is a cookbook and typed transcription. There are various everyday recipes in the book, such as bread, rice, quaking puddings, sillabub, and cakes. One of note is a recipe for "General Washington's Black Ball;" a recipe for the blacking of George Washington’s boots. The cookbook was created by Mary Floyd Tallmadge, first wife of Benjamin Tallmadge. Currently stored in 3A box 17.

Includes deeds to shares in the Ohio Company.