The contents are as follows:

(i) Correspondence, 1721-1754, undated, with John Davidson of Whitehouse, Writer to the Signet, including some letters concerning official legal business (folio 1);

(ii) Letters, 1721-1725, of Thomas Scott, London (folio 75);

(iii) Letters, 1747-1758, undated, of Charles and John Hay of Hopes, chiefly concerning Yester estate (folio 87);

(iv) Letters and accounts, 1753-1758, of George Auchterlony, London (folio 106);

(v) Letters, 1754-1762, of Alexander Tait, Writer to the Signet (folio 125);

(vi) Letters, 1755-1757, chiefly of the Countess of Dalkeith and Lord Glendoick, concerning the affairs of the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith (folio 69).