The papers consist of:

(i) Extracts from the log of the East India Company ship 'Exeter', 1803-1804, including a description of an engagement with the French (folio 1);

(ii) Embroidery patterns, 19th century (folio 13);

(iii) Latin hexameters deploring the British attitude to war in the late 18th century (folio 17);

(iv) Miscellaneous papers, 1836-1907, undated (folio 29).