The Dugas family letters include correspondence received by Dugas family members concerning family business matters from 1787-1846. The bulk of the letters address the health and happiness of family members, local weather, births, and sicknesses. The letters are arranged in chronological order and many are in French.
The Dugas family's interests in Dahlonega gold mines and iron castings appear throughout the collection. When Paul Rossignol moved his family to Dahlonega to oversee the family's castings, his daughter, Emily, wrote several letters describing the living conditions, people, and fights in Dahlonega (1842).
Louis Alexander Dugas and his family in Augusta exchanged numerous letters while he was studying in Paris. Of particular interest are descriptions of French relatives and prices of goods, food, and services available in Paris.
Correspondence received by Captain Frederick E. Dugas includes lists of troops on detail or confined at Pap Christian, Georgia (1811). He was also involved with shipping as evidenced in letters referring to a shipment of cotton damaged by fire and a shipment of freight to Rabun County including rum, sugar, mackerel, hay, whiskey, steel, iron, and salt (June 1831).