Collection contains several nineteenth-century surveys and deeds relating to Conway family land in Township 45, Ranges 4 and 5 East, St. Louis County; several legal papers relating to the estate of John Ward (1827-1830), who lived near Joseph Conway in Bonhomme Township; several bills of sales of slaves in St. Louis County and elsewhere in Missouri; and miscellaneous legal papers relating to various cases in St. Louis courts. Other notable items include a circular letter of the Treasury Department regarding Revolutionary War claims, dated June 13, 1832; two copies of the will of Joseph Conway, dated 1830; photocopy of the Conway family tree, dated May 7, 1956; and a typescript biographical sketch of Joseph Conway, dated September 20, 1959.