The correspondence consists of:

(i) Letters, 1604, circa 1607, of John Sharpe and James Petrie to George Butler, factor to the 7th Lord Hay of Yester (folio 1);

(ii) Correspondence, 1615-1653, of and concerning John, 8th Lord Hay of Yester (circa 1593-1654), created Earl of Tweeddale in 1646, including a letter, 1632, to the Countess of Winton (folio 3);

(iii) Correspondence, 1631-1649, undated, of Alexander Hay of Bara, factor to the 1st Earl of Tweeddale (folio 61).