Chiefly business correspondence of William Page from merchants, neighbors, and relatives. The earliest letters are letters in 1786 and 1787 of James Belcher, Savannah, to John Scott, Charleston, about ownership of Colonel's Island. In the 1790s there are letters of Joseph R. Dopson and Thomas Cater to William Page. Page later became executor of the estates of both men.

The major correspondents in the years before 1813 were Hugh Ross, commission merchant of Savannah, who wrote about the sale of Page's crops and purchase of supplies for Page; Joseph Clark of Sapelo Island, who wrote about the estate of Thomas Cater; and William Timmons of Charleston, South Carolina, a cousin of Page's wife, who wrote to Page about business in South Carolina.

Beginning in 1809, there is considerable correspondence about shipping and marketing cotton. Much of this correspondence deals with the embargo law and the difficulty of trade between England and the United States. A letter from Harrison and Latham Co. of Liverpool dated 1 May 1809, for example, expresses the hope that the non-intercourse bill would be repealed and direct trade between the United States and Great Britain would be reopened. During the years 1809, 1810, and 1811, there is correspondence indicating that Page shipped his cotton to England by way of Amelia Island, Florida. Letters from Harrison and Latham and from B.& I. Gray Co. of Liverpool advised Page of the prices of cotton and other American produce in Great Britain. A letter from Rudolphus Bogert, a New York merchant from whom Page purchased goods, advised Page in December 1811 that New York was not a good market for Sea Island cotton.

Letters from Joseph Clark to William Page in 1804 concern the estate of Thomas Cater. In 1805, Page agreed to manage the plantation belonging to the estate of Cater. There are a few letters in 1810-1812 concerning the education of Benjamin F. Cater, for whom Page was appointed guardian late in 1811.

Primarily letters from, to, or about William Page's ward, Benjamin F. Cater. Cater had been sent to school in New Jersey in 1810, first at Bordenton, then at Morristown. Before 1813, a few letters about Cater were mixed in with Page's business correspondence. During the years 1813, 1814, and 1815, there is little business correspondence and much correspondence concerning the education, expenses, and problems of Benjamin Cater. In one notable letter dated 12 May 1813, William Page advised Cater of the importance of education to his future and advised him on the course of his career. Letters in 1814 and 1815 document the difficulty of finding a position in a mercantile business during these war years. From September 1814 through 1815, the majority of the letters deal with Benjamin Cater's problems arising from a paternity case against him.

Chiefly business correspondence, along with limited personal correspondence, of William Page. Following the end of the War of 1812, Page's business correspondence resumed. The major correspondents are John McNish, merchant of Savannah, and William Christie of Liverpool, England. The main subjects of the correspondence are the purchase of supplies and the price and shipping of cotton from Georgia to England.

Three notable letters dated 19 June, 1 August, and 14 August 1817 from Samuel Boyd, Page's overseer on Colonel's Island, to Page in New York report on the weather, the health of the slaves, and the crops at Colonel's Island and at St. Simons.

Letters and a copy of an advertisement of a reward in 1818 and 1819 document Page's efforts to recover two runaway slaves.

Correspondence between Anna Matilda Page and B. King and Co. of Darien, Georgia, in 1822 and 1823 about lumber and other supplies for the plantation is also included. At the time these letters were written William Page was apparently in New York and Newport, Rhode Island. Additional correspondence of Anna Matilda Page King and letters of William Page to her from New York and Newport may be found in the Thomas Butler King Papers (#1252), Series 1. Additional correspondence of William Page is in the William Audley Couper Papers (#3687).

Undated letters and fragments. One is a short letter from Anna Matilda Page to her mother. The others concern purchases of a coat and a machine, and problems with mail service to and from St. Simons and Jekyll Island.