This collection contains deeds, mortgages, and leases dealing with land and property in Cass and Leelanau Counties, Michigan, owned by the Spalding family of Dowagiac, Cass County.

Three letters addressed to Erastus H. Spalding in the years 1851-1852 discuss the production of flour for the New York market, and property transactions in Michigan. Also included is a memorandum (1849) giving specifications for the alteration of a state road in Cass County.