The collection was assembled by Bishop's daughter Alice S. Bishop, who donated the greater part of it to the College as well as a handful of related items to the New London County Historical Society. It contains documents including commissions, muster rolls, discharges, orders, and reports of supplies received or returned. There are several pieces of official correspondence and one piece of personal correspondence. There are also three receipts related to Capt. Nicholas Bishop's activities in the French and Indian War and several pieces of correspondence of Alice Bishop.