Consists of correspondence related to the Ottoman Empire and England, as well as miscellaneous correspondence.

The subseries on the Ottoman Empire consists of correspondence concerning trade with the Ottoman Empire. The series includes letters to members of the Radcliffe family written in the first half of the 18th century by various relatives, friends, and business associates. A substantial number of letters are addressed to Sir Ralph Radcliffe, 1703-38, and to Messrs. Edward and Arthur Radcliffe, 1737-57. Includes 27 letters from Galata (near Istanbul) and 11 from Aleppo (modern Syria). Topics concern imports and exports, trading conditions, and European affairs. References are made to the Ottoman Empire and Russia. Mercantile firms mentioned in Galata include Polhill, Barker and Morse, and B. & G. Barker. This subseries is organized by geographic location and then by date.

The subseries on England includes general correspondence between Radcliffe family members of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Letters relate to current affairs in Hitchin, London, and elsewhere, including news of domestic, social, business, and local electoral matters.

Finally, the subseries of miscellaneous correspondence contains correspondence from Isaac Bulsingh in London to Ralph Radcliffe concerning business matters. The letters include references to Aleppo (Syria), Ireland, Jamaica, Gibraltar, Cadiz (Spain), and Holland. Includes an incomplete anonymous letter to John Radcliffe, probably written from America in 1775-6, mentioning the death of Dr. Warren (presumably Joseph Warren, killed at The Battle of Bunker Hill 1775) and the fact that the British troops were safely in Boston. Also includes a letter from Rome dated 1760 and addressed to Dr. Charlton by Peter Stephens

This series is arranged into three subseries: Ottoman Empire, England, and Miscellaneous.

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This series consists of financial documents kept by members of the Radcliffe family. Documents include a tax assessment dated 1712; an expense book of the Husbandry at Hitchin, dated 1742-43, a commonplace book and day book, and some culinary recipes and medical prescriptions. This series is organized chronologically.

Arranged chronologically.

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This series includes family estate indentures (1592-1657), several of which concern the estate of John Evelyn (1620-1706) of Deptford, Kent, including 3 separate lists of tenants on lands in Surrey and Kent. Also included are two military commissions for Charles Clarke (husband of Evelyn Draper), one signed by Queen Anne (1708) and another by George II (1754); a group of drawings by Susanna Evelyn (later Draper), John Evelyn's daughter, and by her daughter Evelyn Draper (later Clarke); a large sheaf of dispositions made in the early 1660s against Sir Purbeck Temple (d. 1694) of Surrey, accusing him of corruption as a magistrate in allowing ale houses to function as bawdy houses; and a few printed pamphlets and maps. This series is organized by family and then chronologically.

Arranged by family, then chronologically.

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