The papers concern:

(i) Plans for the encouragement of industry in Scotland, mainly on the annexed estates, 1761-1857, and undated (folio 1);

(ii) Parliament and politics in Scotland, 1743-1845, and undated (folio 68);

(iii) Administration of justice in Renfrewshire, 1844-1861 (folio 119);

(iv) Poor Relief, 1842 (folio 154);

(v) Militia, 1717-1805 (folio 159);

(vi) The National Gallery, London, 1853 (folio 167);

(vii) A dispute between the Faculties of Surgeons and Physicians in Glasgow, and the Royal Colleges in Edinburgh, 1848 (folio 185);

(viii) The city and University of Glasgow, 1757-1853, and undated (folio 212);

(ix) Banking in Scotland, 1763-1773, and undated (folio 218).